Storm Downs Trees, Power Lines Across Region, Thousands Without Power

A storm packing winds that gusted up to 60 mph blasted through New Jersey Thursday night and into early Friday morning, toppling trees and leaving thousands without power.

A tree came down on West 4th Street in Bayonne during a storm early Friday
Photo Credit: *Bayonne Office of Emergency Management*

A tree fell on a home in Union during the overnight storm Friday
Photo Credit: *Screen grab/CBS2 New York*

Paul Milo

11/01/2019 9:51 a.m.

Trees fell onto homes in Bayonne, Union, Livingston and a number of other communities as the storm kicked up late on Halloween night. A section of Mt. Pleasant Avenue in West Orange was shut down Friday morning due to storm damage.

A tornado watch was issued for Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex and Somerset counties, although there is no indication a tornado touched down.

The storm left more than 20,000 without power in New Jersey as of early Friday morning.

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