Towns in Orange County spent all day Wednesday preparing for the season’s first nor’easter.

Preparations in Cornwall began at dawn Wednesday. In the City of Newburgh, crews were out in full force.

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Highway crews throughout the county are all hands-on deck as the area expects up to 18 inches of snow, blizzard-like conditions and wind gusts of up to 35 mph.

Outages can be reported by phone, text or online.