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Storm Causes Road Closures, Power Outages In Princeton Area
More than 45,000 New Jersey customers remain without power on Wednesday morning following severe thunderstorms.
PRINCETON, NJ - A severe storm ripped through New Jersey Tuesday night, causing power outages and road closures in a few Mercer County towns.
In Princeton, the following roads are closed due to down trees and power lines:
- Herrontown Road from River Road to Snowden Lane.
- Quaker Road (short) from Mercer Road to 206 (State Road).
- Ridgeview Road is currently impassible.
Power outages hit PSE&G and JCP&L customers. Around 105 JCP&L customers lost power, according to the company's outage map. PSE&G customers in Hopewell, Pennington, Princeton, and parts of Lawrence Township lost power, the utility company's online outage map showed.
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Lawrence Township also reported low water pressure Tuesday night.
While our crews work safely & as quickly as possible to restore power, remember to report outages to us. The easiest ways are by the touch of a finger or our voice activated options: PSE&G’s mobile app, Alexa app or Google Assistant. For more: https://t.co/0f36AxJ9mn #PSEGStorm pic.twitter.com/QrSJ2HtE1g
— PSE&G (@PSEGdelivers) July 7, 2021
More than 45,000 New Jersey customers remain without power on Wednesday morning following severe thunderstorms. Initially, more than 80,000 customers lost power on Tuesday night.
Find out what's happening in Princetonwith free, real-time updates from Patch.
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