Falmouth Residents Facing Several Days Without Power

FALMOUTH, MA — More than 320,000 Massachusetts homes and businesses are still without power. Cape Cod and the South Shore were hit particularly hard by the wicked nor'easter that blew through Massachusetts.

As of noon Thursday, 19,957 customers in Falmouth were still without power, according to the Massachusetts Management Agency. That's 77 percent of the entire town. Falmouth and the rest of Massachusetts could face several more days without power, Gov. Charlie Baker said in a Wednesday news conference.

"I'm sure that anybody who lives anywhere between sort of Quincy and the end of the Cape can probably not have to go very far to find a really good example of how rough this storm was on their communities."

In Falmouth, the outages forced the public school district to close Thursday.

Falmouth fire officials said there are more than 100 emergency crew members in town working to restore power Thursday.

The town opened warming centers at the Gus Canty Recreation Center and the Falmouth Senior Center for those that need them. Both buildings have charging locations for electronic devices and are open until 4:30 p.m. Thursday.

Cape Cod and Falmouth Hospitals remain open for emergencies. Power was also restored at every urgent care center on the Cape except the Osterville location. Lab services with power will be open, while primary and specialty care doctors officers are closed until at least noon.

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