Crime & Safety
216 Still Without Power In Asbury Park
JCP&L says power may not be restored for days. Gas stations reportedly lost power. Find out where you can get water and ice.
More than 200 people were still without power in Asbury Park on Tuesday after rough storms passed through the region.
Asbury Park had 216 outages as of 8:30 p.m.
Gas stations in the area were reportedly closed because of the power outages.
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Officials reported that JCP&L is aware of the power outages and it is currently in the process of restoring power. The estimated time to have power restored was 3 to 4 hours but officials are now saying it could be days.
Read more: 75K Still Without Power In NJ In Destructive Storm Aftermath
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Other area towns that have outages are:
- Manasquan 1,623
- Belmar 959
- Point Pleasant Boro 366
- Point Pleasant Beach 52.
Here's where you can get free water and ice:
JCP&L customers who remain without service can pick up free water and ice at the following locations:
- ShopRite, 2 Rt 37 West, Toms River
- ShopRite, Rt 36 & Rt 71, W Long Branch
- ShopRite, 2200 Rt 66, Neptune
- ShopRite, 2433 Rt 34, Manasquan
- ShopRite, 1801 Rt 35, Belmar
- Foodtown, 2201 Sunset Ave. Ocean
- Foodtown, Route 35 Seagirt Avenue Sea Girt
- Foodtown, 1562 Route 35 Ocean
Firefighters also ran numerous calls through the Point Pleasant Beach area.
This is a developing story. Patch will have more information as it comes in.
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