More power restored another sign of waning Long Island storm

If the latest power outage numbers for Long Island were any indication late Monday, the rain, thunderstorms and flooding that soaked the region, are indeed closing in on being part of the past.

The National Weather Service said Long Island will see showers overnight before Tuesday brings a return to dry and partly sunny conditions.

PSEG Long Island, which had reported more than 3,000 customers still without power as of 6 p.m., had trimmed that number to 1,487 by 10:45 p.m., according to the utility's online outage map.

In a statement earlier Monday, the utility said it had restored power to more than 34,800 customers affected by the thunderstorms that began late Saturday night.

Crews continued efforts to restore power to those still without it late Monday, PSEG Long Island said, with system reliability at 99.86%