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Power outages and damage in Irondequoit after Tuesday rainstorms
By 
Editor-in-Chief
Irondequoit, New York – On Tuesday, rainstorms caused a lot of damage and left thousands of people without power.
Officials say around 3 p.m., nearly 800 RG&E customers were without power.
According to officials, at the peak of the outages, there were close to 3,000 without power, the vast majority of customers in northeast Rochester and Irondequoit.
In Irondequoit, a tree was uprooted on Sethland Drive.
According to Commissioner of Public Works Bob Kiley, “This appears to be one of the worst”.
“Tree involving a house certainly is never a good thing. Luckily, this one did not cause significant damage.”
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