Massachusetts

Widespread power outages as powerful winds whip through Mass.

Abington and Whitman were the areas hit hardest by power outages, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency outage map

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Monica Garske

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

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.

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