Powerful Nor'Easter Pounds LI Monday With Heavy Wind, Rain, Leaving Thousands Without Power, Downed Trees

LONG ISLAND, NY — As a powerful nor-easter pummels Long Island Monday morning, residents are waking up to find downed trees, heavy rain, damaging winds and coastal flooding — and more than 4,400 left without power.

According to PSEG Long Island, as of Monday morning at about 6 a.m., there were 4,069 without power across Long Island; crews are working to restore service. If your power is out, text OUT to PSEGLI (773454).

"The system has held up well amid heavy rain and winds approaching 55 mph across the service area. The storm has downed some trees, branches and wires across the service territory, currently affecting 4,069 of 1.2 million electric customers across Long Island and the Rockaways," a media representative for PSEGLI said. "We expect the majority of the customers impacted during the overnight to be restored today. We will continue to experience additional outages as the winds continue. We have enough personnel to respond to all outages, safely and as quickly as possible."

A wind advisory is in effect until 4 p.m. Monday in northeast and southeast Suffolk County. A coastal flood warning is in effect until 8 p.m. In southwest Suffolk and southern Nassau, a wind advisory is in effect until noon Monday and a coastal flood warning, until 7 p.m. Monday evening.

The National Weather Service gave a report at about 4 a.m., listing the wind speeds across Long Island:

Nassau County

Bayville: 52 MPH
Wantagh: 40 MPH

Suffolk County

Eatons Neck: 57 MPH
Napeague: 51 MPH W
Blue Point: 50
Farmingdale Airport: 49 MPH
Islip Airport: 48 MPH
Montauk Airport: 48 MPH
Great Gull Island: 47 MPH
Westhampton Airport: 46 MPH
Shoreham: 45 MPH
Baiting Hollow: 44 MPH
Fire Island CG: 43 MPH
Brookhaven: 42 MPH
Mecox Bay: 42 MPH
Orient: 42 MPH
Great South Bay: 40 MPH
Remsenburg: 40 MPH
Sinai Harbor: 40 MPH
Southold: 40 MPH
West Gilgo Beach: 40 MPH

The National Weather Service also listed rainfall totals as of Monday morning:

Nassau County

East Rockaway 1.67 inchews

Great Neck 1.61 inches

Valley Stream 1.59 inches

Sea Cliff 1.52 inches

East Hills 1.40 in.

North Massapequa: 1.38 in.

Hicksville: 1.31 in.

Muttontown: 1.29 in.

Long Beach: 1.28 in.

Massapequa: 1.28 in.

Levittown: 1.23 in.

Massapequa Park: 1.19 in.

Levittown: 1.18 in.

Bethpage 1.16 in.

Syosset: 1.16 in.

Bellmore 1.13 in.

Wantagh 1.13 in.

Port Washington 1.13 in.

Suffolk County

Commack: 2.01 in.

Eastport: 1.83 in.

East Setauket: 1.74 in.

East Hampton Airport: 1.69 in.

Miller Place: 1.67 in.

Stony Brook: 1.66 in.

Selden: 1.59 in.

Dix Hills: 1.58 in.

Montauk Airport: 1.56 in.

Northport: 1.55 in.

Southold: 1.53 in.

Saint James: 1.52 in.

East Hampton: 1.47 in.
Dix Hills: 1.45 in.

Melville: 1.43 in.

Central Islip: 1.42 in.

Ridge: 1.35 in.

Westhampton Airport: 1.34 in.

Ridge: 1.33 in.

Smithtown: 1.32 in.

Baiting Hollow: 1.32 in.

Blue Point: 1.23 in.

Sayville: 1.21 in.

Patchogue: 1.19 in.

Northport: 1.19 in.

Shirley: 1.16 in.

North Patchogue: 1.15 in.

Islip Airport: 1.10 in.

Fair Harbor: 1.08 in.