Long Island found itself cleaning up Friday after another powerful storm.

The National Weather Service said it would take wind speeds of 70-80 mph to knock trees down. Thursday evening's storm fit the bill. Trees toppled over across the Island, uprooting sidewalks, crushing cars and destroying yards.

East Meadow and the Salisbury section of Westbury were the areas hardest-hit by the storm. Cleanup crews used chainsaws to chop up trees that were blocking roads and covering private property.

When the trees fell, they took power lines and transformers with them. Long Island Power Authority said 11,000 customers were without power at the storm's peak. By Friday evening, that number was down to 700 homes and dropping as crews worked throughout the night and day.

While some people weren't happy with LIPA's response rate, company spokesman Bert Cunningham said they're doing the best they can. "When everything happens at once," he said, "we're prioritizing our response."

Meanwhile, Nassau County said its beaches, which closed as a result of storm damage, would reopen Saturday.

To watch extended footage of storm damage from across Long Island, go to channel 612 on your iO digital cable box and select iO Extra.

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