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Storm knocks out power to 40,000+ across New England

Nearly 5,000 customers were without electricity in the state as of 5:30 a.m.

Thousands of New Englanders were left without power Wednesday morning as a powerful storm blasted the region.

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency reported 4,991 customers without electricity as of 7 a.m. The majority of the outages are focused in the eastern part of the state.

About 6,000 New Hampshire electric customers were also without power on Wednesday morning.

Vermont was the hardest hit, with about 30,000 customers without electricity as of 7 a.m.

Maine had only about 5,500 customers lose power, Rhode Island 700 and Connecticut 2,700.

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