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Overnight Storm Cuts Power and Snarls Travel Across New YorkNew Jersey

Restoration efforts continue during lingering hazardous conditions this morning.

Overview

  • Utilities reported tens of thousands without electricity as of 6 a.m., including PSEG Long Island 14,466, JCP&L 12,459, PSE&G 11,903, Orange & Rockland 3,644, and Con Edison 1,297.
  • NJ Transit suspended the North Jersey Coast and Morris & Essex lines after trees hit overhead wires, with service starting to resume shortly before 6:30 a.m.
  • Peak wind gusts reached 72 mph at JFK and 71 mph in Newark after a late-night tornado warning for Monmouth and Ocean counties.
  • Fallen trees caused notable damage, including a car crushed in the Bronx and a house struck in South Plainfield, with sparking live wires monitored by firefighters in Metuchen.
  • Regional airports saw hundreds of cancellations and delays, and a deadly crash in Mount Pleasant was reported after a driver swerved to avoid a fallen tree.