Over 180 Glen Cove Homes Lose Power In Blustery Halloween Storm

GLEN COVE, NY — A blustery Halloween storm knocked out power to about 220,000 businesses and homes across the state Friday morning, including more than 7,400 customers in both Nassau and Suffolk counties. That includes over 180 residents in Glen Cove.

PSEG Long Island wrote in its outage map that 161 customers were in the dark on and around Dosoris and East islands, as well as on Lattingtown Road. Crews were at the site and trying to determine what caused the outage. Officials estimated neighbors would see power around 9:15 a.m. Friday.

Another 15 homes and businesses were without power near the Webb Institute Livingston Library, with 23 near New Woods Road and Carlyle Drive. Power was expected to be restored to those customers around 11 p.m., the utility wrote.

Heavy rain, strong winds and dangerous gusts caused "significant damage" across Long Island, PSEG Long Island said.

"It brought down large trees, branches and wires, affecting more than 54,000 of our 1.1 million customers," the utility wrote.

As of 7 a.m., more than 71 percent of customers affected had been restored as crews worked through the night in dangerous conditions to assess damage and make repairs. PSEG warned that more strong winds Friday could result in more outages.