Crime & Safety

Power Outages Cause Major Delays on Motor Pkwy

Traffic backs up Friday from Commack to Hauppauge.

Drivers were advised Friday to avoid Motor Parkway Friday due to power outages, downed wires and traffic lights that are out of order.

The Suffolk County Police Department said that the outages led to major delays on the roadway from Wicks Road in Commack to the Long Island Expressway in Hauppauge.

Sudden onslaught of afternoon thunderstorms cut off electricity to hundreds of Smithtown area residents.

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Long Island Power Authority reported 3,012 customers without power in Suffolk County Friday afternoon, after a string of afternoon thunderstorms, largely along the North Shore, struck on Friday, according to its outage map.


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