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Thousands Without Power On Long Island As Tropical Storm Elsa Pushes Through Region
Utility crews from PSEG worked around the clock to restore power to thousands of Long Island residents impacted by Tropical Storm Elsa as the storm makes its way up the East Coast.
Elsa moved across Long Island and the Rockaways early on Friday, July 9, bringing heavy rain and whipping winds, which toppled trees and downed power lines, leaving thousands without power overnight.
As of around 10 a.m. on Friday, PSEG was still working on 227 active outages that were impacting 6,634 of the company’s 1,172,708 customers on Long Island.
In Nassau, 4,519 customers were reporting outages, with 1,3…
New Round Of Severe Storms Sweeping Through Region
For the third straight day, a line of severe thunderstorms is moving through the region from west to east.
Scattered storm activity is expected Thursday afternoon, July 8, and into the evening.
At 12:45 p.m., storms with heavy rain have arrived in New York, north of I-84 in Orange, Ulster, and Dutchess counties. Storm activity could become more widespread later.
Damaging winds gusts of around 60 miles per hour are the main threat, the National Weather Service said.
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Here Comes Elsa: Tropical Storm Will Bring Heavy Rain, Gusty Winds To Region
Tropical Storm Watches have been upgraded to Tropical Storm Warnings along parts of the East Coast as Elsa treks toward the Northeast.
It will arrive in this region starting overnight Thursday, July 8, and bring tropical-storm conditions to portions of New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts, mainly along and near the coast, into Friday, July 9. The storm will be out of the area by around midday Friday.
Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches are possible, including the possibility of flash flooding, though the fast-forward movement of the storm is expected to prevent widespread flooding.
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