PEARL RIVER – Orange and Rockland Utilities declared a Storm Watch in response to the weather forecast for strong thunderstorms and high winds that were expected to hit the region Wednesday night and more winds expected today. The wind should begin to taper off by mid-afternoon.
Severe storm activity has the potential to cause power line damage and electric service interruptions. O&R and contractor overhead line crews are ramped up to respond to outages as are damage assessment, site safety, and customer service operations.
Last weekend the region was hit by strong winds and heavy rains, which knocked out power with downed utility poles, trees and wires. Tens of thousands of customers combined in all area utilities experienced outages from the last storm.
