What Happened
PSEG Long Island reported that the storm downed more than 1,150 trees and nearly 700 large branches across Long Island and the Rockaways since 7 a.m. Friday, causing more than 119,000 outages in total.
Newsday reported that Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman said during a Sunday afternoon press conference in Mineola that the area had “gotten through the worst” of the storm, though he cautioned that additional coastal flooding was expected around 9 p.m. due to high tide. “This was extremely difficult. It was a tough storm, especially with the sustained winds, the high tide, and of course, the full moon didn’t help,” Blakeman said. He added that road closures were “down to minimal” and had been “cleaned out pretty good.”
The National Weather Service, as Newsday reported, warned that the storm’s high winds and coastal flooding were expected to linger through Monday, with gusts potentially reaching 60 to 65 mph in some locations and an additional 1 to 3 inches of rain likely.
Road and Transit Impact
Road Closures — Nassau County
Nassau County issued an advisory Sunday alerting motorists that all lanes of Middle Neck Road between Picadilly Road and Wooleys Lane in Great Neck were closed due to a downed tree and utility pole, Newsday reported. Separately, a fallen tree on NY 107 in Sea Cliff closed all lanes in both directions at Glen Head Road. Drivers were advised to use alternate routes.
Newsday reported that kayakers were seen making their way down a flooded West Lake Drive in Lindenhurst on Sunday. News 12 Long Island reported that Lindenhurst residents contended with flooded streets Sunday night as lingering nor’easter impacts combined with high tides in waterfront neighborhoods, and that pooling water remained along the roadway in front of Venetian Shores Park in Lindenhurst and on Surf Street nearby as of Monday morning.
Newsday also reported that residents in Freeport on South Ocean Avenue experienced knee-deep floodwater, with water entering homes through sinks, stairs, and foundations.
News 12 reported that the Long Island Rail Road suspended service on the Long Beach Branch beginning Saturday at 8:30 a.m. after flooding in the Island Park area made the line impassable. LIRR President Rob Free said crews “literally pumped millions of gallons of water through the area, but unfortunately the tides come back and it created more flooding.” Service on the Long Beach Branch was restored Sunday night, News 12 reported.
Newsday reported that by Sunday afternoon, Blakeman said the Long Island Rail Road was “on, or close, to schedule” and that NICE Bus was “moving a lot smoother.”
Power Outages
PSEG Long Island reported that as of 9 p.m. Sunday, the utility had restored power to nearly 112,000 customers affected by the storm, leaving 7,971 of approximately 1.2 million customers across Long Island and the Rockaways still without power. PSEG noted that “the vast majority of the customers currently affected lost power today, Sunday.”
News 12 reported that Suffolk County and Oyster Bay were the hardest-hit areas for outages, and that PSEG deployed more than 1,350 workers — 850 local lineworkers, tree trimmers, surveyors, and other field workers, plus more than 500 off-Island workers — operating in 16-hour shifts.
On This Corridor
Long Island Traffic’s incident registry shows 12 published and indexable reports on incidents in Lindenhurst in the past 12 months. That figure reflects Long Island Traffic’s own deduplicated reporting record for the town and does not represent a count of all incidents that occurred there.
Sources
- Newsday
- PSEG Long Island (official record)
- News 12