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Power Restored To Most After Weekend Outages

JCP&L reports less than five customers are without power in Tinton Falls

 

After a weekend of hot weather and severe storms, residents who were without electricity can breath a sigh of relief as power has been restored to most towns.

There are no outages in Long Branch, West Long Branch and Eatontown and less than five customers affected in Tinton Falls, according to Jersey Central Power & Light's outage map.

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Eatontown had over 1,000 residents without power on Sunday morning and hundreds of Long Branch residents did not have electricity for a large portion of Saturday. Monmouth Beach was also greatly affected by the outages, prompting the town to open a cooling center in the municipal library.

Most outages in Monmouth County have been corrected with the one exception coming in Freehold, where close to 500 residents are without power.

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The weather is expected to cool down this week with a high temperature of 82 on Monday and a similar forecast for the rest of the week, according to the National Weather Service. There is only a 20 percent chance of thunderstorms on Wednesday night, so power outages should be much less frequent this week.

Here is the National Weather Service's forecast for July 9 - July 13.

  • Today Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. East wind 7 to 10 mph.
  • Tonight Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.
  • Tuesday A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Northeast wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Tuesday Night A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Wednesday A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. East wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Wednesday Night A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
  • Thursday Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
  • Thursday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.
  • Friday Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
  • Friday Night Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71.


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