Crime & Safety
More Than 400 Still Without Power In Point Pleasant Area (UPDATE)
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 400 people were still without power in the Point Pleasant area on Tuesday after rough storms passed through the region.
Point Pleasant Boro had 4,206 outages at 11 a.m. and Point Pleasant Beach had 534. By 8:30 p.m., those numbers shrunk to 366 and 52, respectively.
Gas stations in the area were reportedly closed because of the power outages.
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Read more: Update On Destructive NJ Storm As 75K Still Without Power
Point Pleasant Beach 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.Other area towns that have outages are:
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- Manasquan 1,623
- Belmar 959
- Asbury Park 216
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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