Here's How Many Are Still Without Power On Long Island, Communities Most Affected
Thousands on Long Island are without power following a fast-moving wind and ice storm that toppled trees, wires, and poles across the region.
As of around 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 18, PSEG Long Island was still working to repair 341 active outages - largely in Suffolk County - which were impacting 8,641 of the company’s 1,173,478 customers.
In Suffolk, 6,962 outages were being reported in these towns:
Brookhaven: 3,104;
Islip: 874;
Huntington: 732;
Smithtown: 676;
Babylon: 626;
Southampton: 340;
Southold: 322;
Riverhead: 251;
East Hampton: 21;
Shelter Island: 16.
Nassau was reporting ou…
Head-On Long Island Crash Kills One
A Long Island man was killed in a two-vehicle head-on crash after losing control of his truck and hitting another vehicle head-on.
It took place around 6:30 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 10 in Southampton, on County Road 104 near Pleasure Drive.
According to Lt. Susan Ralph of the Southampton Police, Oniel-Alcides Aguilar-Guillen, age 30, of Riverhead was driving southbound on 104 when he lost control of his 2008 Toyota Tundra and crossed into the northbound lane of traffic, striking a 2018 Ford pickup truck head-on driven by Michael Algozzino, age 62, of East Quogue, …
