POWER/UTILITIES: Scattered power failures were reported.
Scattered power failures were a possibility, Mr. Drury said.
High winds caused scattered power failures across the state.
Ice damage also caused scattered power failures across northern and central New Jersey.
The storms caused scattered power failures and uprooted trees, but no injuries were reported.
PSE&G, the state's largest power company, reported only scattered power failures, most caused when cars hit poles or transformers.
The storm, which knocked out power lines from Ohio to Massachusetts, caused scattered power failures in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
Public Service Electric and Gas is taking steps to strengthen its power grid in Hoboken, which experienced scattered power failures last summer.
There were scattered power failures elsewhere in the city on Sunday, but "nothing out of the ordinary" after four straight days of boiling-hot weather, Mr. Clendenin said.
No storm-related deaths were reported yesterday, but there were scattered power failures, and clearly the rhythms and rites of spring were rudely interrupted.
Consolidated Edison reported scattered power failures in the Bronx and Westchester County, but could not confirm that they were related to the weather.
