These LI Communities Most Affected By Power Outages From Fast-Moving Storm That Topples Trees

Thousands were left without power on Long Island overnight as storms rocked the region, toppling trees, downing power lines, and prompting a tornado warning from the National Weather Service.

The PSEG Long Island outage map on Monday, Nov. 16.
Photo Credit: *PSEG Long Island*

Zak Failla

11/16/2020 9:53 a.m.

Storms caused devastating damage on Sunday, Nov. 15, bringing wind gusts of upwards of 45 mph, leaving hundreds still waiting to turn the lights back on as of Monday, Nov. 16, according to PSEG Long Island.

PSEG crews worked overnight on repairs across Long Island, though there were still 130 active outages impacting nearly 1,000 of the utility company’s 1,164,550 customers as of 9:20 a.m. on Monday.

The storm also led to an alert for a potential tornado landing in Suffolk County. At its height, the storm left more than 10,000 people without power, PSEG said.

In Nassau, 355 customers in Hempstead were still without power, along with 232 in Oyster Bay, and 83 in North Hempstead.

In Suffolk, outages were still being reported in Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Huntington, Islip, Riverhead, and Shelter Island.

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