More than 3,200 PSEG customers without power on LI
PSEG's live map showed nearly 300 active outages as of 6:15 a.m. Monday. Credit: PSEGLINY.com
Just before 6 a.m. Monday, PSEG Long Island’s Outage Map showed 293 active outages affecting 3,246 customers.
Tree crews reported more than 330 downed trees and 200 fallen limbs as part of the "extensive" damage across Long Island since Saturday’s storms, PSEG said.
While outages are scattered across Long Island, eastern Suffolk County was the hardest hit.
Suffolk County police said Monday morning they received few calls of downed trees Sunday night, or far fewer than what was reported on Saturday night, when the county experienced wind gusts of up to 84 mph.
As of 6 a.m. Nassau County police said they had no reports of overnight storm damage.
In a statement on Sunday night, PSEG said that crews have restored more than 79% of customers affected by Saturday’s severe thunderstorms, for more than 26,500 customers by 8 p.m. Sunday.
"Approximately 350 lineworkers and more than 180 vegetation management workers will continue to work in 16-hour shifts safely and as quickly as possible until all outages are restored," the statement said.
Crews will continue to work through Monday night, when the next round of storms is expected.
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