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Storm Will Unleash 'Extreme Weather' Christmas Eve Night: Here's Latest
Santa Claus and his reindeer are going to be in for a rough ride this Christmas Eve.
A powerful storm system will sweep through the region, bringing downpours, potential flooding, and strong to damaging winds starting around nightfall on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24, and lasting into Christmas Day morning, Friday, Dec. 25.
The storm will unleash “extreme weather" in the region, said AccuWeather Chief On-Air Meteorologist Bernie Rayno, who added, “Make sure you’re ready for that."
For areas where there are High Wind and Storm warnings, flood watches, and wind advisories in eff…
Storm Knocks Out Power To Thousands, Brings Down Trees, Power Lines On Long Island
Thousands are without power on Long Island as potent storms roll through the region, bringing whipping winds of more than 70 mph that toppled tree limbs and downed power lines.
Just before 1 p.m. on Monday, April 13, PSEG was reporting 384 outages that were impacting 8,055 of their 1,161,417 customers.
In Suffolk, there were 4,808 outages, while there were 2,600 in Nassau.
Huntington was hit the hardest, with 1,961 reported outages, followed by Oyster Bay (1,438 outages), North Hempstead (1,011), Brookhaven (777), Smithtown (697), Riverhead (644), and Babylon (432).
Other outages were re…
Damaging Wind Gusts Knock Out Power To Thousands Of Long Islanders
Thousands of Long Islanders lost power as wind gusts reaching upwards of 65 mph sent power lines flying.
As of 2:35 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 7, PSEG Long Island was reporting 293 active outages, impacting 5,327 of their 1,161,746 customers.
In Nassau County, 2,611 customers were impacted, while 2,609 customers in Suffolk County lost power.
North Hempstead (1,171 outages) and Islip (1,070) were the hardest hit in each county. There were more than 100 customers without power in Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Babylon, Brookhaven, East Hampton, Huntington, Smithtown, Southampton, and Southold.
The whippi…
Here's How Many Long Islanders Are Without Power
Thousands of Long Islanders are without power after a Nor’easter tore through the region, bringing whipping winds and rain.
As of late Thursday morning, Oct. 17, 1,098 outages were reported by PSEG Long Island customers, impacting 11,498 customers, with a bulk of the outages reported on the East End.
In Nassau County, 2,527 of PSEG’s 487,860 customers were reporting outages, with restoration expected no later than 1 a.m. on Friday morning, Oct. 18, while 8,970 of the company’s 638,457 customers were still in the dark, with restoration estimated at 1:15 a.m. on Friday.
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