Nor'easter

Storm cleanup continues in East Meadow

Posted Sunday, March 14, 2010 12:55 am

Early Saturday afternoon, this pole collapsed on Wolcott Road near the border with Levittown, next to the Levittown Baptist Church

Courtesy Jim Darcey/East Meadow Fire Department

Tree uproots and busts through two fences into the backyard of a Maple Lane home.

Mike Caputo/Herald

Crews worked on Monday to remove this massive tree from Fifth Street in East Meadow.

Mike Caputo/Herald

Paul Tino examines some of the damage caused to his yard after a tree collapsed from a neighboring property on Saturday night.

Mike Caputo/Herald

This decades-old tree on a Carrie Street property in East Meadow through two fences onto a Maple Lane property and just missed the home.

Mike Caputo

A tree collapsed onto Fifth Street in East Meadow during the weekend storm that pummeled the region with near-hurricane force winds and torrential downpours.

Jane Fahey-McGee

A closer view of the massive pine tree that fell across the car and blocked off the entire street.

Christina Daly

The high winds caused this tree in East Meadow to be uprooted and fall across this car and block off the entire street

Christina Daly/Herald

Mike Caputo

Hundreds in East Meadow and Salisbury remained without power on Monday afternoon following the mighty weekend storm that brought torrential downpours and tropical storm-like winds to the area.

LIPA officials said on Monday afternoon that power for most customers is expected to be restored later in the evening. However, without specifying where, for those experiencing "significant damage" may not be restored until Tuesday or Wednesday.

Though the power of 254,000 customers was affected by the storm, LIPA said about 194,000 had been restored as of 3:25 p.m. Monday. Additional crews had been sent in from other parts of the state to assist in restoration efforts on Long Island, LIPA said.

Tropical storm-like winds of around 50mph and rainfall totals of more than 2 inches were reported in surrounding areas over the weekend.

Crews from the East Meadow Fire Department, the Town of Hempstead, LIPA, National Grid, and private contractors have been out assisting with trees and power lines knocked down by the gusty winds.

According to a fire department official, there were about 60 calls in two days, more than half of them being storm-related.

For updates, visit LIHerald.com and for the full story, see the March 18 issue of the Herald.

Updated: 4:50, 3/16/10

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