A day of strong winds and heavy rain on Thursday has caused damage across the Tri-State with power outages, downed trees, and transit impacts.
The AccuWeather Alert continues through Thursday evening.
Newark Liberty International Airport, JFK and LaGuardia airports are all under ground stops due to wind.
New Jersey
New Jersey Transit’s North Jersey Coast Line rail service was suspended for a time after a tree fell on top of wires in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Service has since resumed in both directions between Penn Station New York and Long Branch stations and but is subject to up to 20-minute delays.
Rail tickets and passes are being cross-honored by NJ Transit and private carrier buses and PATH at Newark Penn Station and 33rd St., New York.
New York City
MTA Bridges and Tunnels announced that due to ongoing high wind conditions, the agency will be implementing the prohibition of certain vehicles from using MTA Bridges and Tunnels crossings as weather develops.
The current restrictions include:
- Cross Bay Bridge – ban on empty tractor trailers and tandem trucks, shared use path closed
- Marine Parkway Bridge – ban on empty tractor trailers and tandem trucks, shared use path closed
- Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge – ban on all tractor trailers and tandem trucks, cars pulling trailers, house trailers, minibuses, motorcycles, any other vehicle deemed a potential safety hazard
- Throgs Neck Bridge – ban on empty tractor trailers and tandem trucks
In Yonkers, a tree reportedly struck a closed porch, ripping it off a house on Rockland Avenue.
Live wires were reported down across Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 86th Street in the Rockaways.
A downed tree was reported across East 230th Street at Lowerre Place, in the Wakefield section of the Bronx.
Toppled trees also blocked roads in Corona and Flushing, Queens.
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