News

Tuesday morning storm leads to 287 more outages in Southold Town

By Vera Chinese

One day after all Long Island Tropical Storm Irene-related power outages were restored, 287 Southold Town homes and businesses are once again powerless following a Tuesday morning storm, the Long Island Power Authority states on its website.

LIPA was expected to have 99 percent of Irene-related outages restored yesterday — eight days after the tropical storm knocked out power for a half million Long Islanders — though a spokesperson said crews had restored power to all residents as of 7 p.m. Sunday.

On Tuesday morning, Southold Town had the second highest amount of outages of the five East End towns. A total of 11,000 LIPA customers are effected across Long Island.

Meanwhile,  a flash flood watch has been issued for the area due to the effects of Tropical Cyclone Lee.

Residents can either call 1-800-490-0075 or visit www.lipower.org via a mobile device to report an outage.

Vera Chinese has been the editor of northforker.com and northforker magazines since May 2014. Prior to that she spent two and a half years as a staff reporter for the New York Daily News. She joined the Riverhead News-Review as a staff writer in January 2010 and was named Associate Web Editor nine months later. She previously worked for the Southampton Press Western Edition and was named the third place 2008 Rookie Reporter of the Year by the New York Press Association. She graduated from Wagner College in 2006 where she received a bachelor's degree in English. She earned a master's degree in English education from New York University in 2007. She is a 2002 graduate of Eastport High School and has lived on the East End for more than 20 years.

Looking to comment on this article? Send us a letter to the editor instead.

Tags

Related Content