Thousands without power in upstate NY. Track the outages

Emily Barnes, New York State Team
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Thousands are without power in Western New York as severe weather moves through the state due to remnants from Hurricane Beryl.

A tornado was confirmed near Darien Lake State Park at 1:23 p.m. by the National Weather Service, impacting include Pembroke, Attica, and Interstate 90 near exit 48A. A tornado was spotted near East Aurora at 1:11 p.m., heading northwest at 40 mph and a thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was spotted 8 miles southwest of Dansville, Livingston County at 1:36 p.m., moving northeast at 45 mph.

Tornado warnings have been issued for several areas throughout Western New York and the Finger Lakes region, including southeastern Monroe County, eastern Livingston County, northeastern Allegany County and western Ontario County.

Beryl is forecast to continue to move northeastward Wednesday and bring severe thunderstorms, heavy rain and flooding to parts of the Midwest, eastern Great Lakes and Northeast.
Beryl is forecast to continue to move northeastward Wednesday and bring severe thunderstorms, heavy rain and flooding to parts of the Midwest, eastern Great Lakes and Northeast.

Here's what to know about the power outages associated with the storm.

How many people are without power?

As of 3:12 p.m., thousands are without power in Erie and Chautauqua counties. Here are the latest numbers:

NYSEG service area

  • Erie: 9,697 customers affected

  • Chautauqua: 96 customers affected

  • Monroe: 1 customer affected

  • Wayne: 1 customer affected

Visit NYSEG's outage map here: outagemap.nyseg.com

National Grid service area

  • Livingston: 4,988 customers affected

  • Erie: 519 customers affected

  • Chautauqua: 79 customers affected

  • Orleans: 15 customers affected

  • Monroe: 1 customer affected

  • Genesee: 1 customer affected

Visit National Grid's outage map here: nationalgridus.com

RG&E service area

  • Monroe: 1,538 customers affected

  • Wayne: 82 customers affected

  • Cayuga: 25 customers affected

  • Ontario: 3 customers affected

Visit RG&E's outage map here: outagemap.rge.com/

Emily Barnes is the New York State Team consumer advocate reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Contact Barnes at ebarnes@gannett.com or on Twitter @byemilybarnes.

This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Thousands without power in upstate NY. Track the outages