Thunderstorms knocked out electricity for roughly 1 million customers across a stretch of the upper Midwest, Northeast, and southern Ontario late Friday, with downed power lines blamed for many of the outages, according to The New York Times.
PowerOutage.com, a tracking site cited by The Times, recorded roughly 1 million customers without power spanning from Illinois through New York and into Ontario. Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City took to social media to warn that heat-related dangers persisted through the nighttime hours, directing residents to overnight cooling centers the city had made available. Utility Con Edison reported that thunderstorms had cut power to customers across New York City's five boroughs and in Westchester County.
Posting on social media, New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill reported that the northern and central parts of the state had lost power due to severe storms and called on residents to keep clear of any downed lines. NJ Transit also announced service interruptions on multiple train lines as a result of the storms, according to The Times. Authorities in Warren, a township situated about 30 miles from New York City in New Jersey, told residents to expect a lengthy wait before electricity was restored, citing the breadth of damage left by the storms.