Overview
- State officials reported just over 64,000 outages after Tuesday’s severe thunderstorms, including 49,056 Eversource customers without power in Boston.
- Milton logged 9,213 outages, Newton 2,394, Ashland 1,608 and Dedham 908, with Milton about 87% in the dark.
- High winds toppled trees onto cars and homes, including a Milton crash where a family in a Tesla escaped unhurt and separate damage in Spencer and Paxton.
- Eversource and National Grid crews worked through the evening to clear debris and repair lines as outage counts shifted with new damage and restorations.
- The National Weather Service cited a record-hot, humid air mass and warned of 60 mph gusts and nickel-size hail, with a heat advisory in place until 8 p.m. Wednesday.