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Severe Thunderstorms Slam Suffolk; More Than 50K Power Outages

See more photos of storm damage inside the story.

Ryan Bonner, Patch Staff

Posted Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 4:04 pm ET|Updated Sun, Jun 30, 2019 at 9:08 pm ET

Severe thunderstorms slammed Suffolk County Sunday afternoon, knocking over trees and power lines and causing thousands of power outages.

As of 4:15 p.m., PSEG Long Island said 50,605 of its customers were without power. A majority of the outages were in the townships of Huntington and Islip, according to the PSEG outage map.

Significant damage was caused by straight-line winds and downbursts, the National Weather Service said, but there was no evidence of rotation with the storm so no damage surveys are planned.

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See photos of damage below. Email your own photos to ryan@patch.com (note the location).

Northport/Photo by Karin Stucchio

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Huntington

East Islip

"Shut the front door!" Fire Island Pines, NY was smoked by a short lived but raucous #storm late this afternoon. Trees down and still ~40k customers without power across Long Island/Suffolk County. IG/somethinoldsomethingnew@NWSNewYorkNY pic.twitter.com/os3ZjBX2Jo
— Mike Seidel (@mikeseidel) July 1, 2019