Here’s How Many Sussex County Residents Lost Power Due To Damage From Hurricane Ida Remnants

Thousands of people in Sussex County and across New Jersey are without power after the remnants of Hurricane Ida blasted through the region late Wednesday into early Thursday.

Valerie Musson

09/02/2021 11:18 a.m.

Police urge residents to keep their distance from downed wires and report storm damage to 911 as JCP&L works to repair outages and other power-related storm impacts.

The company evaluates damages in the first 24 hours and then restores the largest number of customers affected on an outage order.

Scroll down to view the number of customers in each town who are experiencing outages, according to Sparta Police:

Sparta Township 2,683
Stillwater Township 1,438
Byram Township 1,139
Newton Town 417
Hampton Township 284
Green Township 254
Vernon Township 240
Hardyston Township 159
Hopatcong Borough 155
Sandyston Township 149
Frankford Township 114
Fredon Township 77
Andover Township 74
Montague Township 53
Wantage Township 44
Walpack Township 16
Branchville Borough 8
Stanhope Borough 6
Andover Borough 4
Sussex Borough 1
Franklin Borough 1
Lafayette Township 1

Meanwhile, at least 10 people across the state died as a result of the overnight flooding, with numbers still expected to rise.

Visit First Energy Corp. for more storm and outage information.

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