Power Restored to Majority of Port Chester Homes

Power was restored to 690 homes in Port Chester at 6:15 p.m., restoring the bulk of outages in the village.

Most of the homes without power were grouped in a cluster in the Locust and Putnam Avenue areas. A transformer on Locust Avenue was damaged in this weekend's storm, and power company crews worked throughout the day to repair the damage.

Some outages remain in the village, about 60 homes scattered throughout the village's 2.4 square miles. Individual outages often take longer to rectify; power companies work their way down, prioritizing the largest clusters before bringing single homes back online.

Among those without power were seniors and families living in 62 units on Terrace Avenue. Staff at the Port Chester Senior Center delivered boxed lunches to the seniors impacted by the storm, and had dry ice on hand for those still without power, Mayor Dennis Pilla said.

Overall, Port Chester emerged largely unscathed from the storm, with comparatively few incidents including downed trees and a handful of closed-off streets. There were 31 downed trees and 14 emergency calls for residential flooding, according to emergency authorities.

"We were expecting a much worse scenario than we were actually hit with," Pilla said. "We were very lucky."

Authorities expect power will be restored to the remaining pockets of homes in the village within the next few hours.

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