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High winds knock out power to some Riverhead residents

PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO  |  A LIPA crew was working on a power line knocked over from the high winds that swept through the area overnight.
PAUL SQUIRE PHOTO | A LIPA crew was working on a power line on North Wading River Road knocked over from the high winds that swept through the area overnight.

A few hundred residents in and around the Riverhead area were without power this morning after heavy winds came whipping across the North Fork overnight into today. A Long Island Power Authority outage map showed 88 customers affected along Sound Shore Road in Northville.

Another 49 residents were without power near Deep Hole Road in Calverton.

LIPA expects to have power restored to those affected by late morning, according to the map.

The National Weather Service issued another severe weather warning at 7:58 a.m. for a “squall line moving across Eastern Long Island.”

There were more than 34,000 outages total across Long Island as of 8:33 a.m., according to LIPA.

While scattered showers are expected to pass the area by around 10 a.m., the wind will likely remain throughout the day, according to the National Weather Service. Gusts could reach 49 mph and wind will be sustained around 24-28 mph.