10:30 am Friday UPDATE: The Borough of Red Bank sent out an alert saying about 250 customers remained without power.
the message reads in full:
“JCPL continues to work on power restoration for approximately 250 outages. Jcpl management will update with est. restoration times as soon as possible. Report outages by texting OUT to 544487. We want to thank and recognize our first responders for their response during last nights storm”
By BRIAN DONOHUE
A wild thunderstorm bearing high winds left hundreds of Red Bank residents without power Thursday.
As of midnight Friday, Jersey Central Power & Light outage maps (and this reporter’s very dark drive home from a treacherous trip to North Jersey for the evening) show two areas in town still in the dark: One on the east side centered on Prospect Avenue affecting 500 customers; and the other on the west side near Catherine Street affecting 200 customers.
The map showed stretches of Rumson and Fair Haven also without power.
Statewide the utility had 43,000 customers without power as of midnight.
As of 9 am, a stretch of Leighton Avenue between Locust Avenue and Herbert Street remained closed to traffic due to downed limbs and apparently dangerous conditions.
A tree limb down in a yard on Tilton Avenue after Thursday evening’s storm. (photo courtesy of Mark Gregory)
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