Nor'easter knocks out power and floods coastal NYC, New Jersey and Long Island
On Sunday a strong nor'easter was still hitting the New York City region. Tens of thousands of customers lost power, coastal flooding reached from the Rockaways to the Jersey Shore, and states of emergency were in force.
Gothamist's live storm article, which it updated and retitled for Sunday, September 27, reported that tens of thousands of people across the region had no power as the nor'easter kept going. Con Edison counted about 3,500 customers without power in New York City and Westchester, mostly on Staten Island and in Queens. Nearly 50,000 more were affected in the rest of New York State, New Jersey and Connecticut. Long Island had about 23,000 outages and was hit hardest, along with the Jersey Shore. The first wave of rain left some coastal spots under knee-deep or car-deep water. NYC Emergency Management Commissioner Christina Farrell listed flooding in the Rockaways, Howard Beach, Hamilton Beach, Staten Island's North Shore, southern Brooklyn and City Island. One video showed people kayaking near a Howard Beach train station, and cars were flooded in parking lots in Bergen County and along the Hudson in Edgewater. The National Weather Service warned of 1 to 2 feet of water above ground along the shore, peaking Sunday morning. Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency for NYC and Westchester, Nassau and Suffolk counties, and NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill did the same for eight mostly coastal counties. Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued a travel advisory and told basement-apartment residents to be ready to move to higher ground. The storm also cancelled the Global Citizen Festival and All Things Go. Forecasters expected it to linger through Sunday, with a gray Monday and sunshine returning Tuesday.
