WESTERN NEW YORK (WKBW) — Strong storms ripped across Western New York Wednesday evening, prompting tornado warnings across several counties.
According to outagemap.com, as of 5:40 a.m. on Thursday, around 7,346 people are without power due to the storms.
Allegany- 516Cattaraugus- 1,598Cayuga- 1Chautauqua- 224Cortland- 58Erie- 975Genesee- 1,097Livingston- 561Monroe- 103Niagara- 771Onodaga- 11Ontario- 316Orleans- 756Schenectady- 101Schoharie- 30St. Lawrence- 2Washington- 1Wyoming- 225
For the most up-to-date outages, go to Upstate NY Power Outage Map.
Here are some pictures and videos shared with 7 News of the damage from viewers.
The following drone footage was taken by Tyler Nicholas in Batavia, NY.
Drone footage of supercell thunderstorm in Batavia
This photo by David Hall was taken in Elba, NY.
David Hall
This photo by Nicole Palesh Lancellotti Sweeney was taken in North Tonawanda, NY.
Nicole Palesh Lancellotti Sweeney
This photo by Roseann Williams was taken in North French, NY.
Roseann Williams
If you have any photos or videos of damage from the severe weather, you can send us an email at News@WKBW.com