By Jen Samuel, Managing Editor
EAST WINDSOR – The state of emergency has continued into Tuesday for township residents. A temporary travel ban was put in place this morning.
President Barack Obama has declared New Jersey a major disaster area.
According to an East Windsor advisory posted online, the township travel ban is due to extensive downed trees, poles and wires, with many roads being impassible and unsafe. Many traffic signals are not functioning due to power outages as well.
Most residents are without power, the township advisory stated, noting that JCP&L is assessing the situation.
As of an 11 a.m. advisory, the National Weather Service has continued to issue flood and coastal watches and warnings with advisories in effect over portions of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
According to Gov. Chris Christie, 2.4 million New Jerseyans are out of power.
Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy made landfall at 8 p.m. Oct. 29. It hit about 5 miles southwest of Atlantic City, according to the National Weather Service.
Although downgraded from a hurricane, Sandy hit the New Jersey coast as a life-threatening "Frankenstorm" with sustained 80-mph winds, rainfall, and dangerous storm surge as it moved inland.
"We are with you," Gov. Christie said during a news briefing on Sandy at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
"The state is too tough to give in to this kind of devastation," the governor said.
