By Michael Ventura
DNAinfo Senior Editor
MANHATTAN — Con Edison restored power for its Manhattan customers Monday morning after a deadly storm ripped through the tri-state area, uprooting trees, smashing vehicles, knocking out power lines and killing at least six people.
More than 4.3 inches of rain fell in Central Park since Friday, according to the National Weather Service, and wind gusts topped 50 mph.
The mayor's office reported that the city fielded roughly 2,200 phone calls reporting emergency tree conditions. On Monday, the Parks Department had 350 staff workers working exclusively on storm response.
Alternate side parking rules were in effect Monday.
"It really was one of the worst storms in recent memory," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said at a morning press conference. "And obviously a storm that size causes some real damage to homes and businesses and brought down thousands of City trees."
The Buildings Department responded to 65 storm-related incidents, including trees that had fallen into buildings, fallen construction site fences, and debris falling from buildings.
The NYPD said they received a record number of calls to 911 during the storm and had to bring in additional personnel to handle the call volume. Roughly 65,000 calls came in between 11 p.m. Friday and 11 p.m. Saturday, NY1 reported.
Con Edison said that roughly 120,000 customers remained without power as of Sunday night. They included 79,000 in Westchester, 24,000 on Staten Island, 8,800 in the Bronx, 6,000 in Queens, 2,000 in Brooklyn and roughly 100 in Manhattan.
Roughly six people were killed by falling trees and tree limbs across the region, including Connecticut, Westchester and Long Island.
Customers with power problems are urged to call at 1-800-75-CONED (1-800-752-6633).
