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Utilities
companies reported that nearly 127,000 customers were without
power as of 1 a.m. local time as crews continued to access the
damage, remove trees and repair power lines after 70 mph (110
kph) wind gusts blew through the area on Wednesday.
"Due to the considerable damage, the companies continue to
advise customers to plan for outages extending past the next 24
hours and in some areas may last for multiple days," power
companies NYSEG and RG&E said in a statement.
Homes and business owners throughout the area spent the day on
Thursday cleaning up debris and assessing the damage to their
structures while crews cleared downed trees and power lines that
made some roads impassable.
"I'm alive, my daughter is alive ... so I'm happy. Just pick up
the pieces and start all over again, that is all I can do,"
Twanna Lister said to TWC News in Rochester after a tree smashed
through a home she was renting.
The Rochester City School District canceled classes on Friday
for its 28,000 students in the hopes that classes will resume on
Monday.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Michael
Perry)
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