{"id":1705,"date":"2017-07-08T05:38:40","date_gmt":"2017-07-08T09:38:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=1705"},"modified":"2017-07-08T05:38:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-08T09:38:40","slug":"bataviaovernight-storm-causes-damage-and-power-outages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/bataviaovernight-storm-causes-damage-and-power-outages\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Overnight storm causes damage and power outages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L5kzhnLjsQ0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A fast moving thunderstorm moved through the area about 3:00 a.m. this morning. Wind swept rains along with loud claps of thunder and plenty of lightning made for an eventful overnight for National Grid crews, Public Works employees and the Police.<\/p>\n<p>Prospect avenue lost power when a large tree came down on electrical wires causing an outage that will last until 11a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>There were also two other power outages on Bank and Denio and Chandler avenue.<\/p>\n<p>City of Batavia Police blocked off roads until Public Works employees arrived to take care of the fallen trees. The underpass on Cedar street could not handle the amount of rainfall and filled with about 2 feet of water.<\/p>\n<p>The storm made it&#8217;s way through Amherst, Akron, Batavia and Scottsville leaving people without power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A fast moving thunderstorm moved through the area about 3:00 a.m. this morning. Wind swept rains along with loud claps of thunder and plenty of lightning made for an eventful overnight for National Grid crews, Public Works employees and the Police. Prospect avenue lost power when a large tree came \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/07\/08\/bataviaovernight-storm-causes-damage-and-power-outages\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,23],"tags":[446],"class_list":["post-1705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","tag-thunderstorm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-rv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":71116,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/12\/29\/genesee-county-batavia-city-hall-closing-at-2pm-today-urging-residents-to-prepare-for-winter-weather\/","url_meta":{"origin":1705,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Batavia\/City Hall closing at 2PM today\/urging residents to prepare for winter weather","author":"aka","date":"December 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release Batavia, NY- The City of Batavia City Hall will close today at 2pm to business due to potential deterioration in weather conditions throughout today.\u00a0 The City of Batavia is urging residents and businesses to take steps now to prepare for the possibility of severe weather expected in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;City of Batavia&quot;","block_context":{"text":"City of Batavia","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/city-of-batavia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":792,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2017\/03\/09\/alexander-farm-suffers-big-loss-in-storm-attica-police-without-power-national-grid-helping-out\/","url_meta":{"origin":1705,"position":1},"title":"Alexander farm suffers big loss in storm, Attica Police without power, National Grid helping out","author":"aka","date":"March 9, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"David Markiewicz could only watch as high winds ripped apart his equipment barn at his farm along Rt. 98 in Alexander. \"The wind took it all away in a nutshell,\" says Markiewicz. \"It picked it up, stood it up in the air about 100 feet and wrapped it over the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Alexander&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Alexander","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/category\/alexander\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/farm.jpg?fit=720%2C405&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/farm.jpg?fit=720%2C405&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/farm.jpg?fit=720%2C405&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/farm.jpg?fit=720%2C405&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34606,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/07\/28\/batavia-sidewalk-replacement-to-begin-august-1st\/","url_meta":{"origin":1705,"position":2},"title":"BATAVIA\/Sidewalk replacement to begin August 1st","author":"aka","date":"July 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release To the Residents and Property Owners of the following streets: Seneca Avenue (Both sides of the street).Miller Avenue (Both sides of the street).Columbia Avenue (Both sides of the street).Chase Park (Portion of South side of the street).Fisher Park (Both sides of the street). 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