New York City power outage leaves thousands of Manhattan residents and businesses in the dark
struck New York Saturday evening, causing traffic nightmares, leaving tourists confused and sending Broadway audiences spilling into the streets.began to surface on social media around 7 p.m. ET. Just before midnight, the city’s power company, Con Edison, announced electricity was almost fully restored. At the height of the outage, local media reports said about 70,000 customers were without power.
Photos showed major landmarks without electricity, including Rockefeller Center and Times Square, where tourists stared at the blank electronic screens. Some Broadway productions were forced to cancel shows, and a Jennifer Lopez concert at Madison Square Garden abruptly ended mid-song. Dramatic video posted on Twitter showed the moment the concert went dark.
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