National Grid crews are preparing for a potentially more damaging wind event expected to hit Upstate New York while still completing repairs from strong winds that struck the region over the weekend.
The National Weather Service has issued high wind warnings and wind advisories across the region, with forecasters predicting wind gusts may exceed 60 mph through Tuesday morning.
A storm on Friday evening and Saturday caused more than 27,000 outages across the region, with damage concentrated primarily in Western New York. Crews replaced dozens of poles and transformers in response…