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Nor'easter Nibbles Away Power

UPDATE: At 2 p.m.,  JCP&L's outage map showed 7,495 customers without power in Monmouth County, 3,816 in Ocean County, and17,164 statewide.


As of noon, Jersey Central Power & Light's outage map online showed nine customers between Belmar and Long Branch were without power, thanks to the powerful nor'easter moving up the coast.

The figure, drawn from the utility's outage map online,  nearly increased by 1 as the lights here at The Gazette of (Really) Small News blinked.

In Monmouth County, 529 customers were without power as of noon. In Ocean County, the amount was much higher: 4,062.

Statewide at noon, a total of 10,107 customers had no power, according to the outage map. The figure could change as the storm continues to move through the area with damaging winds.

Jersey Central Power & Light, a FirstEnergy Company, serves more than 1.1 million customers throughout New Jersey.

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