5:30PM EST: With temperatures reach the 90’s on Sunday afternooon, many Lakewood residents are extra hot as they are currently without power. TLS reports that the outage started at approximately 4:30PM, and affected homes in the 14th Street area, Laurelwood, Hope Chapel, Fernwood & other Lakewood neighborhoods.
According to JCPL, there are an estimated 500-2000 homes without power, and outages are being reported in Brick, Howell, Forked River, Jackson, Point Pleasant, & Toms River.
It is unknown what caused the outage, but JCPL says power should be restored by 6:30PM.
Residents are urged to use caution at intersections, as there are reports of traffic lights out.
(YWN Lakewood News Staff)
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B”H -I have no problem- ya’see I’m still on YWN.
JCPL again… Estimates between 500-2000 homes without power. Even the weather-man forcasting snow gives better ratios then that!