Storms Cut Power to 1 Million Across Midwest, Northeast and Ontario as Heat Wave Bakes Region
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Updated · The New York Times · Jul 4
Storms Cut Power to 1 Million Across Midwest, Northeast and Ontario as Heat Wave Bakes Region
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Jul 4
Summary
About 1 million customers lost electricity Friday night from Illinois to New York and into southern Ontario after storms downed power lines across the upper Midwest and Northeast.
Extreme heat made the outages more dangerous: New York City urged residents without power to use overnight cooling centers, while Con Edison said thunderstorms worsened grid strain from prolonged high temperatures.
New Jersey reported outages across northern and central counties and disruptions on several NJ Transit lines; Warren officials warned restoration could take an extended period because of widespread damage.
Pennsylvania's Alburtis declared a state of emergency over wind damage, Ohio fire departments handled surging calls about downed trees and wires, and Tennessee and Ontario utilities also reported thousands without power.
Michigan remained one of the hardest-hit areas from earlier storms, with DTE Energy saying 95% of affected customers should have service restored by the end of Monday.