FACTBOX-About 676,000 without power in New York City area-ConEd

(Updates with latest figures) Nov 1 (Reuters) - About 676,000 homes and businesses were without electricity in New York City and neighboring Westchester County after storm Sandy, said New York power provider Consolidated Edison Inc. It had restored power to about 2,000 homes in lower Manhattan and 28,200 in the Brighton Beach area of Brooklyn by Wednesday afternoon. The company said on Tuesday that Brooklyn and Manhattan, served by underground electric equipment, should have power back within four days, while restoration to all customers in other areas served by overhead power lines would take at least a week. The following is an breakdown of customers affected by outages in New York City and Westchester as of 4:30 am EDT Thursday (0830 GMT). Area Outages Manhattan 227,000 Westchester County 166,000 Queens 103,000 Staten Island 83,000 Brooklyn 59,000 Bronx 36,000 ** EIKON USERS: To see a live map of the forecast hurricane track - including the option to view all refineries, nuclear power plants and vessels in its path - please type the word "Hurricane" in a search window and select "Hurricane Tracker" from the options. ** (Reporting by Soma Das in Bangalore Editing by W Simon)