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Okay. you heard the cheers there. that was the sound you heard across the city when the lights started to come back on in new york city. this outage knocked out for power in some of manhattans most popular districts, including times square. and broadway was dark. >> according to con edison, about 73,000 people were without power at one point. >> athena jones -- is there any word, athena, as to what caused the outage yet? >> good morning, christie and martin. mayor bill de blasio mentioned the ca...

This is a night that new yorkers wont soon forget. imagine seeing the iconic lights of times square going out in an instant. people left confused, startled by what was happening. it lasted for some five hours. the outages affecting some 40 blocks of manhattans west side. what we know from officials right now, what we know from con-ed was this was not a physical attack, not a cyberattack and not about over usage of the system. they are essentially saying that a substation failed in midtown and af...

This morning, sandbagging efforts that were under way late last evening into this morning. i spoke with a lieutenant with the national guard who told me these sandbags, jo, are going to be air-lifted this morning to try to patch together some of these levees. were also hearing that the governor of louisiana will be making the rounds, weather-permitting, of course. and as we just heard from bill, the rain is still going to continue, possibly 6 inches in some of these areas, but i do have to say t...

Into networks. theyre roughly equipment to neighbors. we lost six of the networks on our electric system. im happy to report that as of a few minutes ago, all six networks and all 73,000 customers have been restored. well be continuing to work through the evening to reestablish full reliability of our system and then most importantly, to identify exactly what caused this disturbance. our reference to date has been focused more on restoration and isolation of potentially faulty equipment than it ...

And i have been personally in touch with the mayor to give him an update on the situation. thank you very much. >> okay. that was live for you right here as were getting an update on the situation, the power outage affecting a lot of people in new york city. tens of thousands at one point, the height was 73,000 customers according to the ceo of coned, who was briefing the media there. and in fact, as he was briefing, power went on behind him. we have that moment. lets play it. >> -- root cause i...

Related to high demand and not related to terrorism and not related to cyber threats, the blackout lasted from 7:00 p.m. to just before midnight spanning 30 blocks from midtown manhattan all the way to upper west side, 73,000 accounts in the dark, police and fire respond today 400 stuck elevators and two tubway train carrying 2800 passenger that is couldnt get into the station, luckily nobody was hurt, recues did prove difficult. police directing traffic by hand. hotels and theaters with massive...

By all accounts before this area was plunged into darkness. it happened just before 7:00 at night as you mentioned. a huge stretch of the west side of manhattan affecting 73,000 customers. now, that may not sound like an impressive number. but those are individual buildings. youre talking hundreds of thousands of people in new york city plunged into darkness, broadway shows had to close down. there were no streetlights, no stoplights. so regular citizens were jumping into direct traffic. the nyp...

Its windy and rainy. and the worst really could be yet to come as the rain and the storm hits this area. this is randi kaye reporting, cnn, baton rouge. >> our thanks to randi kaye and to nick watt in louisiana. well take a quick break and on the other side go back to our breaking news out of manhattan on that blackout. actually we will not be taking a break. what youre seeing right now are live scenes in manhattan, after the widespread manhattan blackout that lasted for hours. the power has bee...

The power company blamed it on mechanical failure at transformer substation, 73,000 accounts were in the dark and when you consider that one building could be one account, youre talking hundreds of thousands of people who were impacted, the blackout span 30 blocks from midtown manhattan to upper west side, 7:00 p.m. to nearly midnight, traffic lights went dark, billboards in time square shut off, direct traffic by hand, stores, restaurants unable to ring transactions and few broadway musicals br...

Those transformers. have a good rest of your evening. >> thank you, thank you. >> we just heard from con edison. they just wrapped up their press conference this evening. they have confirmed that there were no injuries, and they said that they do have a list of individuals with life-saving equipment so theyre giving priority to the people who may need their assistance. they said that this outage began at 6:47 p.m. eastern here in new york city. it affected 73,000 customers. again, customers are ...