Light but steady rain began falling late Sunday across parts of Long Island as a powerful storm that could dump up to 4 inches started its crawl through the region.

The rain started in western Long Island by 10:30 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Police in Nassau and Suffolk counties said they had not received any weather-related calls Sunday night.

At 10:41 p.m.,  PSEG Long Island was reporting 6,573 customers without power from the storm that hit late Saturday into early Sunday.

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