12:00 p.m Update: Our field force is focusing on public safety and power restoration after a wide swath of storm activity on Thursday brought heavy rain and strong winds, causing damage to equipment and widespread service interruptions across the company’s 11-county Western New York service area. Crews worked through last night and remain active today across western New York to remove downed wires, trees, tree limbs, broken poles and other hazards to restore service. For the most current information about power restoration activity in your area, or to report an outage, visit our Outage Central website.