Fallen tree in Monroe Township (Middlesex)
Marlboro Township said its outages were caused by a transmission trip that took out one of the breakers out of the substation and a pole fire on a high tension transmission line coming in from Old Bridge.
Last night's storms caused dozens of reports of downed trees and wind damage. The National Weather Service received reports of trees falling onto houses in Colts Neck, Cranford, Keansburg, Middletown and Red Bank along with a tree on top of a vehicle in Harding. A tree crushed a bus shelter on Route 206 in front of Rider University in Lawrence.
Trees also fell onto many local roads including Route 29 in Lambertville and Hopewell, Route 34 in Matawan and Route 206 in Princeton.
NJ Transit says its North Jersey Coast Line will remain suspended Friday morning due to downed trees near Middletown. Cross honoring is in effect with NJ Transit and private bus carriers.
There were 61 departures canceled from Newark Thursday and another 7 so far on Friday, according to flightaware.com.
The Barefoot Country Music Festival on the beach in Wildwood was shut down early Thursday evening due to the lightning strikes near the beach but was reopened at 9 p.m. with performances by Rascal Flatts and Megan Maroney.
Tree that fell onto a house in Lakewood 6/19/25
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