Tens of thousands of homes and businesses remained without power, schools androads were closed in some places, and at least one community declared a state of emergency onThursday after violent thunderstorms tore through the New York metropolitan area. The swift-moving storm system brought rain and strong winds to an area stretching from northernNew Jersey to southern Connecticut on Wednesday afternoon, with a gust as high as 70 mph measured inthe Brooklyn Heights section of Brooklyn, said Tim Morrin of the National Weather Service. Afterexamining the damage on Thursday, the Weather Service determined that no tornadoes passed throughWestchester or northeastern New Jersey. The storm system felled trees and tore down power lines in some areas, including some of thecity’s northern suburbs. “It happened so quickly. It just came out of nowhere,” said Robert Spano, who had a tree fall onhis car outside his plumbing business in Bedford Hills. Con Edison said 13,500 Westchester County homes and businesses were still without power Thursdayafternoon, down from 30,000 at the peak of the outages. Power also was out to more than 2,100 Orange& Rockland Utilities customers by midday Thursday, down from a peak of 32,000, said spokesmanMichael Donovan. A state of emergency was declared… Read full this story
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