Power outages still not fully restored as thousands remain in the dark on the South Shore

PLYMPTON, Mass. — Several days after the October nor’easter knocked out power to nearly 500,000 homes and businesses in Massachusetts, thousands on the South Shore are still waiting for the lights to come back on.

As of Saturday afternoon, MEMA says less than 5,000 are still in the dark. MEMA also tweeted out Saturday morning that its outage map is experiencing technical difficulties and numbers may be out of date.

It’s been a dark few days in Plympton. As of Friday, nearly the entire town was without power.

On Saturday morning, Eversource is reporting just 26% of customers are still in the dark. Eversource estimates all of its Massachusetts customers will have power back by 6 p.m. Saturday.

National Grid is expecting power to be fully restored Saturday, as well, but is estimating some people won’t have power back until about midnight.

Stormy weather is expected again Saturday, but at this point, Eversrource and National Grid don’t appear to be slowing down their efforts.

This is a developing story. Check back for updates as more information becomes available.

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