Greater Boston Academyl will be closed Tuesday due to Hurricane Sandy.

Classes at the private school, located at 108 Pond St., Stoneham, were canceled Monday night.

(NECN: Peter Howe – Newton, Mass.) – In the Greater Boston area, the effects of Hurricane Sandy are definitely starting to worsen.

Power outages have spiked in the last hour (as of 3 p.m. ET), and trees are coming down on power lines. According to National Grid, there are 41,000 people without power, and things are getting especially bad in Quincy, Mass.

NECN’s Peter Howe has more from Newton.

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