Authorities say severe thunderstorms left thousands of people without power in New Jersey.
Jersey Central Power & Light says more than 20,000 customers lost power in Ocean County on Friday night, mostly in Jackson, Lakewood and Brick. But all customers had power restored by Saturday morning.
Jim Hayes of the National Weather Service says the storm brought heavy rain and wind gusts of 70 mph.
Authorities say no one was seriously injured in the storm. But dozens of people were evacuated from a Lakewood apartment building after strong winds blew off part of its roof.
Officials say about 60 displaced residents were being housed in a temporary shelter in the township. It was hoped that all the residents would be back in the building by Monday morning at the latest.
Emergency personnel evacuated 62 people from the Peter Ward Tower apartment building on Woehr Avenue after part of its roof blew off during the storm Friday evening.
Residents were evacuated to a shelter set up by the Red Cross at the Lakewood High School, officials said.
(Source: NJ Star Ledger)
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I don’t know who supplied the info that all power was restored by Sat morning, when in fact as of this minute (Sat night) there are still “many” costumers in Lakewood without power!
thanks chaverim for the great work on behalf of all the sick ppl that needed generators you guys worked until the zman
Look on the bright side. I suspect the thunderstorms ended the heat wave.
Since the story is about Lakewood, the article’s author used the rule “rubo k’kulo.” 🙂