
As powerful wind gusts battered Massachusetts Tuesday, at one point more than 25,000 customers were without power Tuesday.
The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported 25,743 customers in the dark as of 1:06 p.m., with Abington and Whitman the hardest hit. The total had fallen to about 3,000 by 4 p.m.
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Winthrop Town Hall was without power for several hours, according to the town.
There were other impacts from the wind, including a scaffolding collapse at a construction site in Quincy and a tree that fell, blocking Route 3A in Scituate between First Parish and Arborway roads. Downed trees impacted the MBTA Commuter Rail's Fairmount Line
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Logan International Airport had 47 flight delays so far on Tuesday. While it wasn't immediately clear if the delays were wind-related, the airport was operating with the possibility of wind and visibility restraints Tuesday, according to the FAA.