Ellenville, NY - Storm Knocks Out Power To 1,000

Ellenville, NY - A severe storm with high winds struck the Village of Ellenville, damaging homes, downing power lines and trees, and depriving electricity to more than 1,000 Central Hudson Gas & Electric customers.

The storm, which struck around 5:15 a.m. yesterday, left most of its damage in Ellenville, Paul Tesoro, a Central Hudson spokesman, said.Utility repairmen were still at work restoring power to about 1,250 affected customers yesterday afternoon, he said.
The majority of those customers had power back by 1 p.m., Ellenville police said. The crews expected to restore power to all homes by the evening, Tesoro said.

Chief Philip Mattracion said the storm had downed tree limbs and wires throughout the village, no one was injured.