Thousands still without power in southern NJ

CAMDEN, N.J. - June 27, 2010

Atlantic City Electric said about 4,400 customers, mostly in Camden County, still didn't have power as of 1 p.m. But crews remained out in force across the region, and the utility said all customers were expected to have their service back by sometime Sunday night.

The wicked storms - which contained heavy rains, strong winds and lightning - knocked down or snapped numerous trees and power lines on Thursday and damaged several utility poles.

They also damaged the utility's electrical system, forcing it to stage a controlled outage in some areas Friday afternoon so repairs could be made.

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