More information regarding power restoration should be available later Thursday.
Photo by Lori Stabile. Damage from the June 1 tornado can be seen at Adams IGA supermarket in Monson.MONSON - The president of National Grid, Massachusetts, said there are approximately 25,000 customers without power in Western Massachusetts, and that workers have been on the job non-stop to restore electricity after tornadoes swept into the region Wednesday night causing widespread devastation.
Marcy L. Reed said she will have more information about power restoration later this afternoon. The hardest hit communities are Brimfield, Holland, Wales, Monson, Hampden, Wilbraham, East Longmeadow and Sturbridge.
Reed, who was on Main Street in Monson Thursday afternoon, said there are also scattered outages elsewhere in the Pioneer Valley.
"We are rebuilding the system in many ways," Reed said.
She said 72 percent of Monson is without power. She said there are 760 crews working on power restoration in Western Massachusetts.
"Our hearts go out to everyone affected by these devastating storms, especially the families of the four people who lost their lives yesterday," Reed said.
She cautioned that people who are using generators should place them outside.