Thousands of homes and businesses in New Jersey remain without power on Monday hours on another steamy day of warm weather across the state.
As of 1:30 p.m., more than 5,700 outages were reported, down from a peak of 43,000 overnight after strong thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and evening.
Temperatures are mainly in the low 80s with breezy conditions and lower humidity in New Jersey Monday afternoon, a reprieve from a week-long stretch of 90-plus degree readings in most of the state.
JCP&L made ice and water are available to customers without power. Locations can be found here.
Around mid-morning, there were more than 15,000 outages across the stare before the number dropped a short time later.
Temperatures are expected to climb back into the 90s on Tuesday and Wednesday, with a heat index of around 100 on Wednesday.
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