5,300 Homes Without Power In Ocean County: JCP&L

More than 5,300 customers are without power in Ocean County Tuesday morning as a nor'easter bringing strong winds has brought down power lines in some areas.

As of 11 a.m. the Jersey Central Power & Light power outage map was showing 5,360 customers without power, with the vast majority of those in small outages of 20 customers or fewer. More than 1,500 were without power along the South Toms River/Toms River border, however.

Ocean County remains under a high wind advisory, with sustained northeast winds of 20 to 30 mph expected along with gusts of up to 60 mph, according to the National Weather Service.

JCP&L has not given a time estimate on power restoration due to the storm.

If your power goes out, you can click hereto report the outages online. Outages also may be reported via Facebook.

If power lines are down, call the police and do not go near them.

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