Over 1.3K Homes Without Power In Marlboro After Thunderstorms

MARLBORO, NJ — A total of 1,388 Marlboro Township homes were still without power Tuesday morning, according to JCP&L after severe thunderstorms hit the area on Monday night.

A few roads are still closed with downed wires throughout the town, including Wyncrest by Township Drive, Pleasant Valley Road (between Conover Road and Mockingbird Lane), Route 520 (between Crine Road and Emerald Drive) and Amboy Road. Hudson Street has been reopened, according to an update from Marlboro Township.

"Last night, with very little advance notice, the National Weather Service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for our area," the mayor said. "This fast-moving storm brought high winds and rain, downed trees and wires, closing roads and causing power outages."

Crews have been dispatched to three of the five Marlboro outage locations. The estimated time of repair is 2:30 p.m. for the following areas:

• Amboy and Tennent Roads
• Crine, Route 520, Gordons Corner
• Igoe, Pleasant Valley, Conover
• Main Street, Village, Vanderburg, Buckley, School Road East
• Topanemus, Roberstsville, Wyncrest

Monmouth County was one of the most affected in the state, with over 8,654 homes still without power as of 10:1o a.m. on Tuesday. That number reached over 44,000 Monday night.

A total of 75,000 JCP&L costumers were affected, according to a spokesman for the company. The hardest-hit areas were Atlantic Highlands, Union Beach, Middletown, Old Bridge and Marlboro. Damage is almost exclusively trees down on wires and broken poles.

Residents should report outages to JCP&L even if they have a generator. It is important for restoration efforts and also because when there are downed wires cable ofter won't be restored until JCP&L has repaired their lines.

The township also advised residents to obey all detours, to not drive over or touch downed wires and to not call the police for updates, as their lines have to stay open for emergency calls.

You can view JCP&L's power outage map for the state here.

This story will be updated as more information becomes available.