Blackouts darken, roast New York - 23,000 remain without power for a fifth day

All Across the Nation Record temperatures are being reported.

As Temperatures reached 100 degrees tens of thousands of New Yorkers remain without power for a 5th day. Blackouts started Monday in Queens neighborhoods. Two LaGuardia Airport terminals lost power Monday night & Tuesday. Rikers Island city jail facility has operated on backup generators. The Power company for the NY Area is Con Edison.

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