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Here's How Many Are Without Power On Long Island After Storm Sweeps Through The Area Here's How Many Are Without Power On Long Island After Storm Sweeps Through The Area
Here's How Many Are Without Power On Long Island After Storm Sweeps Through The Area Hundreds of Long Islanders remain without power the morning after an ice storm rolled through the region. PSEG Long Island was still working on 18 active outages that were impacting 561 of the company’s 1,168,920 customers as of around 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 16, after snow and rain was dumped in Nassau and Suffolk counties. According to the company, 484 Suffolk County customers and 77 Nassau County customers were still in the dark the morning after the storm. The most customers impacted were in Southampton (322), followed by Riverhead (72), Huntington (47), Brookhaven (31), and Smithto…

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by Zak Failla
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Storm Watch: System Will Bring Snow, Sleet Inland, With All Rain Farther South Storm Watch: System Will Bring Snow, Sleet Inland, With All Rain Farther South
Storm Watch: System Will Bring Snow, Sleet Inland, With All Rain Farther South A complex storm system will create hazardous travel conditions for much of upstate New York and Connecticut with a combination of sleet and snow leading to ice-storm conditions with power outages possible. Farther south, including New York City, Long Island, as well as Westchester, Putnam, Rockland, Orange and Fairfield counties, precipitation will be all rain as the low temperature will stay above freezing. Winter Weather Advisories are in effect from 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29 through 7 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31 for the counties shown in purple in the first image above, including Dutchess an…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Expect Snowy, Stormy Winter, AccuWeather Says Expect Snowy, Stormy Winter, AccuWeather Says
Expect Snowy, Stormy Winter, AccuWeather Says A new long-range forecast is calling for a snowy and stormy winter in the area. Despite a few cold spells across the Northeast during autumn, winter's chill won't arrive until at least the end of 2019, AccuWeather.com says. "I think you're going to see a touch of winter come in in December," AccuWeather Expert Long-Range Forecaster Paul Pastelok said. "But I think its full force will hold out until after the new year." Once the wintry weather gets underway, an active season will be in store, AccuWeather.com says. "Whether or not it's snowstorms, ice storms or mixed events, I do …

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by Joe Lombardi