HAMBURG, N.Y. — Nearly 10,000 state and out-of-state utility crews are continuing to work on restoring power to about 97,000 New Yorkers following Saturday’s wind storm, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Sunday.

In a briefing in Hamburg, Hochul said that nearly 300,000 residents statewide lost power at height of the storm. This included 100,000 customers from Buffalo to Rochester.

The National Weather Service reported gusts of more than 70 mph (113 kph) in several counties, including Erie, Niagara and Genesee.

"Last night, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lost power as a severe weather system swept across the State, bringing hurricane-force winds to several places, especially in Western New York," Governor Hochul said.  "Thanks to the collaborative efforts of State and local emergency managers and the hard work of utility crews from both the State and several out-of-state locations, more than half of those affected by outages have since been restored.  We will keep working to ensure everyone in the affected by this weather system, which caused death and wreaked havoc in other parts of the country this week, will be assisted as soon as possible." 

State emergency officials say one person was killed in Plattsburgh when a tree fell on his vehicle.

"Anytime you go out in a vehicle in a high wind event, you are at risk of being hit by a tree or down power wires," Hochul said. "We've been through this before. I want you to know are team is experienced and ready. I also want to commend this community and those who took precautions and  stayed home and made sure they weren't out in their cars."

Hochul announced Saturday the deployment of emergency response assets from multiple state agencies to provide assistance and resources to Western New York, the Finger Lakes region and the North Country. This included state stockpiles of pumps, chainsaws, sandbags, generators, cots, blankets and bottled water. Utility companies also brought in 1,300 out-of-state personnel to help.

The governor says High Wind Warnings have since expired and there are no remaining weather watches, warnings or advisories. Hochul said, however, that winds up to 40 mph are expected in some locations Sunday. 

To view the National Grid outage map by county, click here. To report an outage to National Grid, click here.