Bergen County Copes with Storm Damage

MYFOXNY.COM - Seems like everywhere you look in some Bergen County communities, there are downed trees, roots ripped out of the ground, telephone polls knocked down, and even crushed cars, leaving residents with little place to go.

More than 61,000 customers remained without power in the county as of Monday night.

Some residents are calling the weekend storm the unnamed hurricane, with the wild winds, creepy creeks, and colossal crashes.

The downed trees and power lines on Bogert and Beaumont Avenues have left at least one family barricaded on their property.

The winds topped 70 miles per hour and even turned deadly. A falling 50-foot tree killed two men in Teaneck. They had been walking home from the synagogue when the tree snapped, landing on top of them.

And in Dumont, a roof was ripped right off a house.

The storm knocked out power to tens of thousands of customers in Bergen County. Authorities also issued a boil-water advisory for many communities there and in northern Hudson County.

Utility company officials said that slowly but surely power is coming back, but the job could take until Wednesday.