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The Long Island Power Authority, faced with more outages than at any time in its history, said it expects full restoration of power to take at least 10 days and "very possibly more."
The utility has begun the long and complicated process of repairing a crippled electric system, starting with the backbone transmission system and hospitals, its top official said. It could be several days before...
