A statement from Mayor Thomas M. McGee regarding the October 16/17 Storm:

The City of Lynn has been, and will continue to utilize all resources available to address the storm damage caused by the severe wind and rain that occurred late Wednesday night and into Thursday morning. We are aware there are a high number of down trees, power lines and power outages throughout the entire City.

Thousands of National Grid customers were affected throughout both the North and South Shores of Massachusetts along with much of Rhode Island. The City of Lynn Department of Public Works and our Emergency Management Department have been working closely with National Grid to remove the fallen trees and wires in a safe and responsible manner in order to restore power throughout the City as quickly as possible. Right now the estimated time of restoration provided by National Grid is Saturday, October 19th by 11:00 PM.

Please call National Grid directly at 1-800-465-1212 if you need to report an outage or downed power line in your area. National Grid reminds customers to never touch downed power lines and to always assume they are carrying live electricity. You may also click on this link to check for updates on power outages in your area

Please call the City of Lynn DPW at 781-268-8000 to report fallen trees impeding public sidewalks or roadways. The DPW offers leaf and yard waste drop off service each Saturday until November 30, 2019 for Lynn residents at 250 Commercial Street from 7:30 AM until 2:30 PM. The next curbside pick-up of leaf and yard waste is next week, October 21-25. Reminder that curbside yard waste must be in bags or barrels.