27,000 New Yorkers Still Without Power After Storms: A Test of Grid Resilience

More than 27,000 residents in New York's Mid-Hudson region woke up Monday without electricity after severe thunderstorms swept through the area over the weekend. The outage, which hit Dutchess and Ulster counties hardest, is a stark reminder of how fragile our power grid can be and how deeply these disruptions affect everyday life.

By 9:22 a.m. Monday, Central Hudson's outage map showed 20,198 customers without power in Dutchess County and 5,937 in Ulster County, according to the Daily Freeman. At the storm's peak Sunday, about 37,000 customers lost power. The utility said it restored service to roughly 17,000 customers by Sunday night, but most others are not expected to have electricity back <