Nor'easter floods the Jersey Shore with 74 mph gusts, cutting power to 70,000+ as NY and NJ declare emergencies

Political Guyentist · September 27, 20261 min read

Water flooded homes and roads on Long Beach Island as buoys measured waves of 16 feet or more, and forecasters expect the storm to stall through Monday (Sept. 28) and leave Tuesday (Sept. 29).

Scale of the stormCoastal flood alerts and high wind warnings were posted across the region (CBS News).4 details

Coastal flood alerts and high wind warnings were posted across the region (CBS News).
Gov. Kathy Hochul covered Nassau, Suffolk, New York City and Westchester in New York's emergency; she said about 22,000 New York customers lost power (NBC News).
Gov. Mikie Sherrill declared New Jersey's emergency on Friday, Sept. 25 (The Hill).
Rain on Long Island: 4–6 inches per NBC News, 3–5 inches per CBS News.

What we’re less sure of6 of 7 claims

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The nor'easter brought 74 mph gusts to the Jersey Shore.
The figure appears only in the ABC-captured headline. The story names no station or agency for the reading, and none of the listed sources confirms 74 mph.
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The storm cut power to more than 70,000 customers.
PBS/AP reports 70,000+ outages across the Northeast on Saturday, which supports the number. However, the headline ties it to the Jersey Shore, while AP gives it as a Northeast-wide total. @TheInformantUSA claims about 100,000. The story names no source for the figure.
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Buoys measured waves of 16 feet or more.
The story names no buoy, NOAA/NDBC station or agency. The figure is plausible but traces only to the ABC capture.
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Forecasters expect the storm to stall until it leaves Tuesday.
This is a forecast the story attributes to 'forecasters' generally. The sources partly conflict on timing: FOX 5 NY has the storm stalling through Sunday, Spark Hamptons has showers lingering into Monday, and Weather.com shows Newark at 0.0 in on Tuesday. That weakens support for a Tuesday exit.
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About 22,000 New Yorkers lost power.
The story gives no source. The listed outage data do not sum to it: PSEG Long Island reports more than 17,000 out and Con Edison 531 out, with a 48-hour peak of 2,932. The figure may reflect a different snapshot, but nothing in the sources supports it.
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Long Island rain totals are 4–6 inches per NBC News and 3–5 inches per CBS News.
The story credits NBC News and CBS News by name and discloses that the two ranges differ. These are forecast totals, not measurements.