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About 125 Edison Homes Still Without Power, Mayor Says
Joshi says PSE&G and public works crews continue storm cleanup efforts.
EDISON, NJ — Roughly 125 homes in Edison remained without power Monday, according to Mayor Sam Joshi, as a new round of storms brought flood warnings across New Jersey and thousands of residents statewide continued waiting for electricity to be restored following the July Fourth weekend storms.
"As of today, approximately 125 homes in Edison are still without power," Joshi said. "PSE&G is aware of these and are making their rounds through Edison as quickly as they can. Our public works tree crews have addressed the fallen tree calls we are able to. We will continue to advocate on behalf of the residents for a full restoration of power."
Heavy rain moved into the state around 11 a.m. Monday, prompting several towns to close roads due to flooding, including in Burlington, Camden, and Monmouth counties. A flood watch is in effect through 8 p.m. for much of New Jersey.
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The National Weather Service said rain rates of more than 2 inches per hour were possible Monday, with the greatest risk of flash flooding in urban, low-lying areas and locations already hit hard by Sunday evening's rainfall. Flash flood warnings were issued for parts of Cumberland, Gloucester, and Salem counties until 1:30 p.m., for Mercer, Somerset, and Hunterdon counties until 1:15 p.m., and for Ocean and Monmouth counties until 3:45 p.m.
The new storms arrived as more than 50,000 homes and businesses statewide remained without power from storms that tore through New Jersey on Friday and Saturday. Officials with Jersey Central Power & Light and PSE&G said some areas may not see power restored until Thursday or Friday.
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"It's the tree damage that's driving everything," said Chris Hoenig, a spokesman for JCP&L. "We had hundreds of trees that came down; we've had hundreds of broken poles and miles of wire that need to be replaced due to tree damage."
Edison officials asked residents to continue reporting downed trees and outages as public works crews and PSE&G work through the backlog.
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