Six 6 shelters were activated. Communications have also been negatively impacted. Ragged Island At Ragged Island shelters were activated and the airport is open. Cat Island Homes and Government Buildings have received severe structural and roof damage. Power Lines and poles were downed and power out. Two 2 shelters were activated.
Little or no communication has been reported on Cat Island as all power lines and phone lines are down. Andros The Airport has been cleared with no visible damage to terminal building, however there is no power. Central Andros Central Andros had little or no damage to settlements or utilities. Power and communications have been restored there. There was minimal damage to electrical lines. Communications are down as a result of damage to phone lines, poles and cables. In Harbour Island — Eleuthera, there was roof damage to settlements in Harbour Island and minimal roof damage to the clinic.
There is no electricity and damage to communications. The dock at Valentine resort is also damaged. In Spanish Wells Eleuthera, minor roof damage occurred and some marine damage to vessels. Residents were without electricity which is gradually being restored. The health facility has structural damage. Phone lines are down. Persons were evacuated from Russell Island to the main land. Water supply has been affected but most persons have access to private wells and rain water reserves.
All roads are accessible. In Central Eleuthera, homes sustained shingle damage and some homes in Cupids Cay were flooded. These is no electricity, some power lines and poles are down. Utility poles are down at the airport. There is no communication from the Airport in Central Eleuthera heading North. Rules against price gouging at gas stations took effect throughout Middle Atlantic states.
Authorities will be looking for stations that try to take advantage of panicked drivers. They seemed to hold in other areas, rising a penny or so on average in Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas.
The Colonial Pipeline, which transports gasoline and other fuels from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast, stopped fuel deliveries to Selma, N.
Pipeline spokesman Steve Baker said the pipeline may cut off deliveries further in Virginia and Maryland as the storm moves north.
Refineries, which make fuel from oil, have started to slow operations as Irene approaches. Refineries in the Gulf Coast and the West should be able to keep supplies flowing to the rest of the country. Refineries along the Louisiana Coast produce more than three times the gasoline and fuel of their East Coast counterparts, according to the Energy Information Administration. East Coast demand is going to fall as businesses close and people hunker down at home. This article was originally published on August 28, This program aired on August 28, The audio for this program is not available.
Skip to main content. A count of the utilities that have at least 50, customers without power shows that some 5. That does not include smaller utilities or public and private companies not greatly affected.
For instance, nearly 50, customers from several utility companies were without power in Vermont As skies cleared and high wind retreated, some utilities along the eastern seaboard began sending workers to assess damage.
Many customers will see power restored in the first 24 to 48 hours, but full restoration is likely to take weeks, utility officials warned, due to flooding.
Outages in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Maine jumped to nearly 1 million customers as the tropical storm headed north to Canada. Irene also left thousands of other coastal residents served by electric cooperatives and other public power agencies without service.
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