Syracuse, N.Y. – <\/b>Nearly 6,000 customers across Central New York remain without power <\/b>on the second day of extreme heat and humidity hitting the region.<\/p>\n
As of 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, 5,366 customers remained without power in Oneida County, while 517 customers in Madison County had no electricity, according to National Grid.<\/p>\n
At one point Sunday, more than 60,000 were without power across the region.<\/p>\n
Power is expected to be returned to most customers by 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night, however some customers in more isolated areas may not be reached until Wednesday, according to National Grid spokesman Jared Paventi.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re making progress incrementally,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The utility company currently has over 2,000 staff working to fix the outages, according to Paventi.<\/p>\n
As thousands of customers await power restoration, much of Upstate New York remains under either an extreme heat warning or a heat advisory through Wednesday.<\/p>\n
A potentially record-breaking combination of high temperatures and humidity<\/a> has hit the area. <\/b>Today, temperatures are expected to reach 95 degrees and feel like its 105 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.<\/p>\n The region was also slammed by strong storms Sunday that produced a tornado<\/a>, strong winds and heavy rains that led to the death of three people<\/a> in an Oneida County hamlet after winds blew trees onto two homes.<\/p>\n Paventi said the damage dealt by the storm is what is driving the long <\/b>restoration times.<\/p>\n The state Health Department has compiled a list of cooling centers<\/a>. Madison County officials also have created a list of cooling centers<\/a>.<\/p>\n