Community Corner
More Than 200,000 Ocean County Residents In The Dark
JCP&L, Atlantic Electric say storm damage is worst in their history.
More than 200,000 remain without power in Ocean County Wednesday as the region continues to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy.
In a statement on its Web site, Jersey Cental Power and Light said thousands of employees are working to restore power, however the damage is significant.
"The storm damage is the worst in JCP&L history, far worse than experienced during Hurricane Irene and the October 2011 snowstorm.
Find out what's happening in Berkeleywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
As a result, restoration times will likely be longer. Restoration information will be provided as available," the statement read.
The JCP&L outage map and the Atlantic Electric outage map shows the following Ocean County towns as having the approximate numbers of power outages:
Find out what's happening in Berkeleywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
- Brick 32,000
- Jackson 25,000
- Plumstead 2,000
- Toms River 39,000
- Point Boro and Beach 9,000
- Manchester 18,000
- Berkeley 25,000
- Lacey 11,000
- Lakewood 18,000
- Stafford (Manahawkin) 7,000
- Barnegat 4,000
- Long Beach Island 20,000
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
We’ve removed the ability to reply as we work to make improvements. Learn more here
