6,000 Without Power Across Somerset County

SOMERSET COUNTY, NJ — More than 6,000 Somerset County residents are without power as a nor'easter passes through Friday as of 5:30 p.m.

PSE&G reports 3,091 customers are without power as of 5:30 p.m., that is up from 628 earlier in the day.

A breakdown of outages are:

• 2,050 in Montgomery,
• 313 in Franklin,
• 287 in Bridgewter,
• 155 in Warren
• 121 in North Plainfield,
• 55 in Green Brook,
• 32 in Rocky Hill,
• 25 in Bound Brook,
• 20 in Hillsborough,
• 17 in Watchung,
• 10 in South Bound Brook,
• Fewer than five in Manville, Millstone, Raritan and Somerville.

JCP&L is reporting 3,392 customers without power as of 5:30 p.m. up from 1,799 customers without power as of 3:30 p.m.

A breakdown of outages are:

• 1,562 in Basking Ridge,
• 1,269 in Bernardsville,
• 275 in Bedminster,
• 111 in Warren
• 101 in Far Hills,
• 38 in Hillsborough
• 17 in Peapack and Gladstone,
• 15 in Branchburg,
• Fewer than five in Bridgewater.

As a result of the storm roads are closing all over the county due to fallen trees and power lines down. Flooding is also being reported. (See which roads are close here.)

Winter Storm Riley has caused local flooding and more than 400 cancelled flights at LaGuardia, almost 250 at JFK and 260 at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to the Port Authority of NY/NJ.

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