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LIPA nearly done restoring power; storms forecast

Originally published: June 27, 2010 9:18 AM
Updated: June 27, 2010 4:05 PM
By JOSEPH MALLIA, MATTHEW CHAYES and NEWSDAY.COM  joseph.mallia@newsday.com,, matthew.chayes@newsday.com

Quick ReadLess than 1,000 customers who lost power were still in the dark Sunday.

Workers cut a downed tree on Oxford Blvd

Photo credit: William Perlman | Workers cut a downed tree on Oxford Blvd Friday morning, the day after the storm blew through Great Neck. (June 25, 2010)

LIPA crews worked Sunday to finish restoring power as LIers faced the prospect of another round of thunderstorms.

1,862 customers were without power, according to LIPA, mainly in Great Neck, Great Neck Estates and Kings Point.

It was the fourth day of work for crews restoring power to thousands of mainly northwest and central Nassau customers hit hard by a severe thunderstorm Thursday...

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