Community Corner

Town With 51,000 Power Outages

Hurricane Sandy's wrath creates 34,595 outages in Smithtown, St. James, Nesconset, Village of the Branch, Head of the Harbor and Nissequogue as of 6 a.m.

As of 6 a.m. Wednesday much of Smithtown is still in the dark with outages in the town hitting 51,403 homes.

Specifically in Smithtown, St. James, Nesconset, Head of the Harbor, Village of the Branch and Nissequogue, there are 34,595 outages. Here is a breakdown of what areas are missing power:

  • Smithtown – 19,755
  • St. James – 6,876
  • Nesconset – 3,188
  • Village of the Branch – 2,252
  • Head of the Harbor – 1,453
  • Nissequogue – 1,071

The outages in Suffolk County have dropped slightly to 409,662 as of 6 a.m. There were 460,419 outages for the 6 p.m. update Tuesday. 

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