COLD AND DARK Spring storm knocks out power to parts of the East Coast

Posted on 04/04/2016 | About Pennsylvania

Spring storms with winds exceeding 50 mph left more than 80,000 customers without power across the Northeast yesterday, and by 11 pm last night over 29,000 were still in the dark.

More than half of those still without power late Sunday were in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Utilities reported 46,000 outages in New Jersey and 18,000 in Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon. 

By late Sunday, there were 8,000 in New Jersey and 10,000 in Pennsylvania.

Meteorologist Faye Barthold with the National Weather Service says Manhattan's Central Park had wind gusts up to 45 mph. Sustained gusts of 64 mph hit Kennedy Airport.

The heavy winds also swept across New England. Maine utility crews were still restoring power to more than 3,100 customers who lost power mainly due to winds knocking tree limbs onto power lines.