Manhattan temporarily plunged into darkness: what happened

In the early morning of August 7, more than 40 Manhattan residents were temporarily left without electricity. Many did not even have time to notice the outage, since the power was restored after 20 minutes. The details are shared by the publication Fox News.

Power outages in New York have left many parts of Manhattan without power. Residents of the city reported a loss of electricity at around 5 a.m. on Friday, August 7th. Others said that nutrition was restored within 20 minutes.

According to the publication CNBCThe massive power outage left Manhattan residents not only without electricity, but also without cellular communications.

In total, at the beginning of Friday, more than 40 thousand Manhattan residents were temporarily without electricity. This happened after a series of blackouts in various areas, stated at Con Edison, a utility company serving New York City. “We are investigating an issue in our transmission system that caused three networks in Manhattan to lose electricity at approximately 5:13 am,” the company said in a statement. "The power supply has been restored on the Upper West Side, Harlem and the Upper East Side."

People were sharing photos and videos of the blackouts on social media, but in some places, power was reported to have been restored within 20 minutes.

One of the residents of the city wrote about the power outages on his page in Twitter... He noted that people use mobile phones as flashlights.

Another local woman Reported about the blackout on the Upper West Side.

“#BlackOut in New York! I literally just paid for the electricity, ”wrote a Harlem resident in Twitter.

A Harlem resident posted a video that clearly shows what downtown New York looked like early Friday morning, August 7.

#Blackout Harlem Rn #NYPD #CONEDISON it's pitch Black ? pic.twitter.com/y2demoe6by

- Dominique Frazier (@ Dominiq41893793) August 7

Elsewhere in the city, power has yet to be restored after the tropical storm Isaiah hit the city. He damaged many power lines. More than 32 thousand Queens residents still remain without electricity, and over 12 thousand people on Staten Island and the Bronx.

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All electricity in New York is expected to be restored no later than 11 pm Sunday, August 9th. “The brigades are working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to restore (the electricity supply. - Ed.) to all customers affected by #StormIsaias, Con Edison said in a statement Twitter... "We urge everyone to stay away from the laid wires as they can be energized."

Neither the mayor of the city, Bill de Blasio, nor the governor of the state, Andrew Cuomo, at the time of publication of the material, did not comment on the blackout.

Recall that aftermath of the storm Isaiah were able to feel the 2,5 million residents of the Tri-State Area. A tropical storm caused serious damage to New York, in connection with which the governor declared a state of emergency in that state.