WPCNR THE POWER NEWS. June 27, 2007: Joseph Petta, a spokesperson for Consolidated Edison reported that as of 11 P.M., 1,300 homes in White Plains had no power. Petta said the company had crews out who would be working through the night, however they were being hampered by active lightning in the area at this hour. Petta had no estimated time when he felt White Plains power would be restored.

Petta, attributed the electrical damage to winds, lightning strikes, trees downing power lines. Asked if the outages were caused by transformers overloading due to high demand, Petta denied this, saying the outages were weather-caused. The electrical storm that struck White Plains arrived in the city limits at 3:45 P.M.

Downed tree on North Broadway. Photos by Don Hughes

WPCNR received word that there was four feet of water in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, after this afternoon's event, traffic lights were hanging low over North Broadway. There was flooding in Woodcrest Heights. Manhole covers blew off their moorings on Chatterton Parkway and along Westchester Avenue by the Crowne Plaza, among other events.

Fireman Responding to a burning transformer on Park Circle which knocked out power to that Church Street neighborhood. Closeup below