A number of residents in the area are without power Thursday morning after strong winds and rain battered Long Island overnight.
As of 8:45 a.m., 30 Long Island Power Authority customers in West Islip are reporting power outages. There are more than 34,000 outages currently island-wide.
A high wind warning remains in effect until 9 a.m. Thursday. The National Weather Service has reported wind gusts of up to 60 mph and has warned of falling trees and power lines.
