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9:35 a.m. - Central Jersey damage

In parts of Central New Jersey - even where flooding was minimal - the storm re-damaged pieces of infrastructure that had not been fully repaired after last year's storm.

On Wakefield Drive in Metuchen, a power cable that came down last year was brought down again last night. That's because the line was never full restored last year.

Town leaders sent robocalls to every Metuchen resident, saying the whole town had no power and that it was under a state of emergency.

The entire town - only miles off the Outerbridge Crossing - lost power around 7 p.m. last night.

Josh Margolin

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9:28 a.m. - Long Island power out

It's still lights out on Long Island.

More than 80 percent of the Long Island Power Authority's 1.1 million customers are without power with 400,000 households in the dark in Nassau County and 450,000 in Suffolk.

Stunned LIPA officials are warning residents that restoration efforts could take longer than a week to complete and that crews cannot even begin work until the scope of Sandy's wrath is fully assessed.

Selim Algar

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9:23 a.m. - Coney Island Hospital

Coney Island Hospital – seen here with fences downed and debris scattered along its front walkway – lost power at 10:09 pm. Emergency generators worked in new building, but the old building is without power.

At one point there was 2 feet of water in the emergency room, which is still closed. Patients were moved to higher floors.

Kevin Sheehan

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9:19 a.m. - Southhampton near The Cut

A shot of what was a beach parking lot in Southampton near The Cut -- it's now covered in sand and debris.

Jennifer Gould Keil

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9:16 a.m. - Bloomberg to hold news conference

Mayor Bloomberg will hold a press conference at 10 a.m. at the Office of Emergency Management in Downtown Brooklyn to update New Yorkers on power outages, fires, and transit services. He may also address any effect on the Marathon, scheduled for Nov. 4.

Makanan Enak