Nearly 80,000 customers across New England are without power on Friday morning as 40-55 mph winds batter the region.
Massachusetts had 21,876 customers without power and New Hampshire 23,772 as of 3 p.m. Friday.
Dozens of reports of downed trees and wires were reported in both states, including in Walpole, Fairhaven and Revere. And in Boston, four stories of scaffolding fell on multiple vehicles…