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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.
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