Approximately 35,000 customers in the Long Island Power
Authority’s (LIPA) service area lost power earlier today as a
result of a sudden and violent wind storm that whipped across
the island, according to LIPA Chairman Richard M. Kessel.
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LIPA Chairman Richard Kessel said he bulk of the
outages occurred between the hours of 7:00AM and 11:00AM,
but the highest number of outages occurred between 8AM and
9AM when some 15,000 outages occurred in less than 60
minutes.
Storm Damage
The following photos show some pole damage in the
Bethpage area
