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Some 1,600 National Grid customers are without power this morning in Rhode Island, particularly in the South County area, according to a National Grid spokesman.

Additional power failures have been reported in Massachusetts, said David Graves, the spokesman.

The utility company blames the power failures on the weather.

Graves said the company expects to restore power to all customers within the day.

At its peak, around 8:30 a.m., some 5,000 customers in the Rhode Island area lost power. That number was down to 1,600 by 10:44 a.m., Graves said.

Among the communites affected are:

• Coventry, 55 customers without power
• Exeter, 150
• Glocester, 525
• Hopkinton, 290
• North Kingstown, 20
• Richmond, 238
• Scituate, 42
• West Greenwich, 184

 Tags  National Grid power failures

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