Thousands On Cape Still Without Power After Weekend Blizzard

BARNSTABLE, MA — More than 24 hours after the start of the weekend's blizzard, tens of thousands of Cape Cod residents remain without power.

As of 2:15 p.m., Sunday, 38,552 Eversource customers in Barnstable County remained in the dark.

Barnstable, the Cape's largest town, had the most outages remaining, with 10,334 customers, or 33 percent of the town. Chatham's outages though were the most widespread. According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, 7,476 customers — or 88 percent of the town, remained without power.

An Eversource spokesperson in a new release Sunday said the "vast majority" of customers still in the dark will have their power restored by the end of the day Monday.

"We know how challenging it is for our customers to be without power, especially in this frigid weather," said Eversource Vice President Bill Ritchie. "Despite dangerous conditions like strong winds, low visibility and difficult travel that can slow restoration efforts, our crews made great progress restoring power to more than 50,000 customers overnight. "

Warming Shelters

With much of Cape Cod still without power, the Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee still has three regional shelters open. The shelters are at Falmouth High School, 874 Gifford St., Falmouth; Barnstable Intermediate School, 895 Falmouth Road, Hyannis; and Nauset Regional High School, 100 Cable Road, Eastham.

Local towns on Cape Cod also set up their own shelters, including Falmouth which opened the Recreation Department at 790 Main St., and the Barnstable Intermediate School in Hyannis at 895 Falmouth Road.

See a list of warming stations here, but check your town's website to confirm hours.