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Max Wind Gust Reports, Rainfall Totals, Power Outages By Town
More than 15,000 Long Islanders remain without power. See photos of some of the damage caused by the storm.
Long Islanders are continuing to clean up from a late October storm that slammed the region Sunday night into Monday. More than 10,000 PSEG Long Island customers remained without power as of 9:30 p.m. Monday.
Gusty winds caused issues on the Long Island Rail Road Monday morning with service suspensions on the Ronkonkoma and Montauk branches due to downed power lines.
Minor flooding was reported, mainly in coastal areas, but the story was the damaging winds, which at one point knocked out power to more than 40,000 PSEG customers.
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Here are some of the unofficial wind gusts reported across the island:
- Captree State Park, 67 mph
- Montauk, 67 mph
- Babylon, 63 mph
- Orient, 56 mph
- Islip, 56 mph
- Republic Airport, 53 mph
- MacArthur Airport, 51 mph
- Wantagh, 45 mph
- Bethpage, 40 mph
A total of 4.31 inches of rain fell in Farmingville and 3.69 inches was reported in Plainview, the top unofficial measurements in each county.
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As of 5:30 p.m., PSEG says it had restored power to more than 90,000 of its customers who were impacted by the strong winds and heavy rain.
"All available PSEG Long Island crews, along with crews from PSE&G in New Jersey, are working to restore power in 16-hour shifts, around the clock," PSEG Long Island said on its Facebook page. "We expect that 95 percent of customers impacted will have power restored by midnight tonight.
Of the remaining power outages, most of which are in Suffolk County, here are the towns with the most reported as of 5:30 p.m. (see the full outage map here):
- Smithtown- 573
- Rocky Point- 523
- Kings Park- 516
- Orient- 494
- East Shoreham- 443
- West Hills, 422
- Port Jefferson Station- 411
- East Northport- 393
- Huntington- 392
- Islip- 298
- Southold- 288
- Setauket- 286
- Montauk- 265
- Fort Salonga- 247
- Northport- 237
- Shoreham- 216
- East Islip- 215
- West Babylon- 191
- Oakdale- 183
- Sagaponack- 176
- Dix Hills, 176
- Westhampton Beach, 163
- Centerport- 155
- Old Field- 145
- West Islip- 143
- Huntington Station- 136
- Mount Sinai, 126
- Commack, 120
- Stony Brook, 120
- Miller Place- 114
- Elwood- 107
- Wainscott- 103
Davis Avenue in Port Jefferson Station
East Rockaway
Overnight #LongIsland storm clean up on #RobertMosesCauseway near #NY27 #SunriseHighway in @TownofIslip pic.twitter.com/xBoqqINbAi
— NYSDOT Long Island (@nysdotli) October 30, 2017
Much worse than expected #Bellport #Greatsouthbay #underwater @JimCantore @AMHQ @hoffmanrich @nynjpaweather @tri_state_wx @NWS @spann pic.twitter.com/Hr5JQEJuQS
— Mike Busch (@GSBImagesMBusch) October 30, 2017
Bellport Dock #storm around 9:45 south shore #LongIsland @WeatherNation @ericfisher @hoffmanrich @nynjpaweather @hurricanetrack #StormHour pic.twitter.com/kDRTl00sh5
— Mike Busch (@GSBImagesMBusch) October 30, 2017
Smithtown, NY- This house on Sherbrooke Dr. was seemingly undamaged by this huge tree totally uprooted by the high winds last night. pic.twitter.com/R26WJzmZmp
— Stringer News (@Stringernews) October 30, 2017
Hauppauge, NY- Avoid Vet's Hwy near Route 111. Still shut down after a tree pulled down power lines which then caught fire. pic.twitter.com/srkEpxtboH
— Stringer News (@Stringernews) October 30, 2017
Damage from today's storm on Eddy Drive in Huntington Station, Long Island https://t.co/YQZqyI3XS8 (via @njburkett7) pic.twitter.com/O8ysbaATiv
— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) October 30, 2017
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