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FACTBOX-ConEd says 780,000 without power in New York City area

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Tue, 30 Oct 2012 05:48 PM
Author: Reuters
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Oct 30 (Reuters) - About 780,000 customers are without electricity in New York City and neighboring Westchester County after Hurricane Sandy, power provider Consolidated Edison Inc said on Tuesday. It estimated 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 company has restored power to about 140,000 of the 930,000 ConEd customers impacted at some point by the storm, it said in a statement. The following is an area-wise breakup of customers affected by outages in New York City and Westchester. Area Outages Manhattan 250,000 Westchester County 180,000 Queens 108,000 Staten Island 109,000 Brooklyn 87,000 Bronx 45,000 ** 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 Shruti Chaturvedi in Bangalore and Scott Disavino in New York; Editing by Dale Hudson)

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