Thousands of residents in Western New York were without power overnight, and some homes will continue to be without electricity for a portion of today. Strong winds through the evening hours felled trees, causing property damage and numerous outages. New York State Electric and Gas is reporting that nearly all of their customer are back on line. National Grid is showing approximately 1200 customers in the region that are still without power.
Some homes might have to wait until this evening for full restoration of power.