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Cape Cod Power Slowly Being Restored, Still 30,000+ Without

A tornado that hit Cape Cod tore down power lines, uprooted trees, and tore the roof off an inn.

Chatham was hit as hard as any town, with 99 percent of power customers in the dark Tuesday night.
Chatham was hit as hard as any town, with 99 percent of power customers in the dark Tuesday night. (Chatham Police Department)

Power is slowly being restored to towns on a shellshocked Cape Cod as the region recovers from the tornado that touched down Tuesday. As of 7:30 Wednesday morning, there were still more than 31,000 people without power. Power could take days to be restored in some towns.

"Information taken from a 3 p.m. county conference call is that this will be a multi-day response to get all of the power on Cape Cod restored as the damage is quite extensive across the region," Dennis police said in a statement. "There may be regional shelters open at some point, we will keep you posted."

A state of emergency was declared in Harwich, among the hardest-hit towns.

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Eversource said it brought in crews from all over New England to help restore power. The power company told multiple people on social media it was working to quickly resolve the issue, but gave no indication of when any progress might be made.

Miraculously, no injuries were reported, but the damage was extensive.

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Here are some of the notable outages as of 7:30 a.m.:

  • Dennis: 8,091
  • Harwich: 7,522
  • Chatham: 6,319
  • Yarmouth: 4,336
  • Barnstable: 1,840
  • Mashpee: 1,353
  • Eastham: 1,322
  • Brewster: 985
  • Orleans: 278

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