By Alicia Cruz
The New Jersey Newsroom
From air, land to sea a ban of severe thunderstorms swept across New Jersey and New York leaving widespread damage in it's wake and thousands of New Jersayans without power Sunday.
Strong winds caused the Peruvian Festival in Paterson to evacuate attendees after a canopy fell onto a stage. No injuries were reported.
In another part of Paterson, lightning struck a pole igniting a fire in an auto body shop on Montgomery Street.
Despite the aftermath of the strong winds, heavy rains and — in some cases — lightning and large hail, many are thankful for the end to stifling heat wave as New Jerseyans suffered through another day of 90-plus degree temperatures.
Forecasters say a cold front moving into the region will bring relief from the high 90s and humidity with the early part of this week starting out in the upper-80s.
Besides the power outages, the storms caused some minor flooding. Severe damage was reported in Sparta, but no major problems or deaths had been reported in other areas at press time.
Atlantic City Electric reported 28,400 customers were without power as of 11 p.m., while about 9,000 Jersey Central Power and Light customers were in the dark, MyFoxNewYork reported.
A person in Paramus received minor injuries after being struck by a falling tree branch. Teaneck had several trees down and 1010wins.com reported that a tree fell onto a house in Montvale.
Reports of flooding on the south side of town have come in and Harrison police reported a number of downed trees in addition to damaged cars. The clean up for New Jersey has already begun, but at least clean up and restoration crews won't catch heat stroke while doing it.
In New York there was a report of a plane making an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy Airport due to extreme turbulence in the New York area.
The Coast Guard received nine distress calls from boaters on the Long Island Sound and into the East River, and Coast Guard officials say a 20-year-old man was still missing Sunday evening.
The rain from the storm delayed the Yankees-Kansas City game in The Bronx for more than two hours Sunday.
Residents in the Riverdale section of the Bronx said the storm caused trees to fall onto cars and while no Tornado warnings were issued, some said the storm felt like a tornado and believe the centralized nature of the damage made it appear that a tornado may have touched down.
A home in Plainview was damaged by a fallen tree while tree limbs and trees littered the streets across Long Island.
From air, land to sea a ban of severe thunderstorms swept across New Jersey and New York leaving widespread damage in it's wake and thousands of New Jersayans without power Sunday.
Strong winds caused the Peruvian Festival in Paterson to evacuate attendees after a canopy fell onto a stage. No injuries were reported.
In another part of Paterson, lightning struck a pole igniting a fire in an auto body shop on Montgomery Street.
Despite the aftermath of the strong winds, heavy rains and — in some cases — lightning and large hail, many are thankful for the end to stifling heat wave as New Jerseyans suffered through another day of 90-plus degree temperatures.
Forecasters say a cold front moving into the region will bring relief from the high 90s and humidity with the early part of this week starting out in the upper-80s.
Besides the power outages, the storms caused some minor flooding. Severe damage was reported in Sparta, but no major problems or deaths had been reported in other areas at press time.
Atlantic City Electric reported 28,400 customers were without power as of 11 p.m., while about 9,000 Jersey Central Power and Light customers were in the dark, MyFoxNewYork reported.
A person in Paramus received minor injuries after being struck by a falling tree branch. Teaneck had several trees down and 1010wins.com reported that a tree fell onto a house in Montvale.
Reports of flooding on the south side of town have come in and Harrison police reported a number of downed trees in addition to damaged cars. The clean up for New Jersey has already begun, but at least clean up and restoration crews won't catch heat stroke while doing it.
In New York there was a report of a plane making an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy Airport due to extreme turbulence in the New York area.
The Coast Guard received nine distress calls from boaters on the Long Island Sound and into the East River, and Coast Guard officials say a 20-year-old man was still missing Sunday evening.
The rain from the storm delayed the Yankees-Kansas City game in The Bronx for more than two hours Sunday.
Residents in the Riverdale section of the Bronx said the storm caused trees to fall onto cars and while no Tornado warnings were issued, some said the storm felt like a tornado and believe the centralized nature of the damage made it appear that a tornado may have touched down.
A home in Plainview was damaged by a fallen tree while tree limbs and trees littered the streets across Long Island.
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