Long Island storm crews keep busy clearing downed trees
Downed trees along Christian Avenue in Stony Brook block traffic Sunday. More trees fell in both Nassau and Suffolk during Monday's heavy rain, officials said. Credit: Elizabeth Sagarin
Whether saturated by pelting rain, or already diseased and just one-storm away from collapsing, hundreds of trees have fallen on roads and yards across Long Island since heavy rains began pelting the region late Saturday.
On Monday, as a second storm worked its way east, more downed trees were reported in East Meadow, Oyster Bay and West Hempstead in Nassau County, as well as Cold Spring Harbor, Shirley and Stony Brook in Suffolk, according to spokespeople for both county’s police departments.
By Sunday afternoon, amid a break between storms, PSEG Long Island said crews dealt with more than 330 downed trees and 200 fallen limbs. Uodated totals for Monday were not immediately available.
Trees have fallen in about 100 locations in the Town of Huntington since 8 p.m. Saturday, including a few that fell during stormy conditions on Monday, according to town spokesperson Christine Geed.
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