JCP+L

Customers can contact their electric, gas and water providers about deferred payment plans, before service shutoffs resume in October.

Friday night storms have knocked power out to thousands of customers in Ocean County, most in Toms River.

Ocean County Freeholder Director Vicari along with Monmouth County Freeholder Director Tom Arnone announced that they are teaming up and making a push to have a Jersey Shore representative on the State Board of Public Utilities.

Federal officials recommend after four hours without power, throw out refrigerated perishable food such as meat, poultry, fish, eggs and leftovers.

Blame the power companies, not the lineworkers. They are doing their best with limited resources.

The tornado's 100 mph winds flipped over a tractor trailer and ripped the roof off several houses, according to the National Weather Service.

A power outage in Lakewood on Tuesday afternoon impacted thousands of customers and traffic lights along Route 9

The utility company says it has accumulated unrecovered storm costs of "more than $300 million."

PSE&G has a handful of homes left and expects its customers to be fully restored by late Thursday afternoon.

Over 6,000 people are working on restoration for JCP&L and PSE&G.