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Nearly 30,000 without power in Monmouth County following thunderstorm
Thousands are without power in Monmouth County after a fast-moving thunderstorm knocked down trees and wires.
As 8:05 p.m. Thursday, June 19, Jersey Central Power & Light is reporting 29,207 customers are without power in Monmouth County, the most of any JCP&L service areas across New Jersey. In Ocean County, 331 customers (homes and businesses) were without power.
Western Monmouth County and the Bayshore area are experiencing the most outages. Marlboro is reporting multiple trees, poles and wires across the municipality and is advising residents to stay off the roads.
According to JCP&L outage map, the power company expects to have most of the power restored by 10 p.m. A couple outages may take emergency crews until 11:30 p.m. to get the lights back on.
Customers can call 1-888-544-4877 to report an outage.
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According to National Weather Service in Mount Holly, Monmouth and Ocean counties remain under a severe thunderstorm watch that was to expire at 9 p.m.
When Jersey Shore native Dan Radel is not reporting the news, you can find him in a college classroom where he is a history professor. Reach him at dradel@
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Power outages for 30,000 in Monmouth County after thunderstorm
