Thousands of people were left without power earlier this week as a nor’easter brought periods of heavy rain and wind gusts of around 50 miles per hour across Long Island.

The nor’easter brought up to 1.6 inches of rain at MacArthur Airport, while around 3 inches were recorded in Commack, the highest total across the New York area.

High wind gusts around 50 miles per hour brought down branches, leaves, entire trees, and power lines across the island. In Blue Point, wind gusts peaked at 52 miles per hour, while MacArthur Airport measured peak wind gusts of 48 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service. Wind speeds were higher on the North Shore and East End of the county.

The heavy rain and winds that downed branches and power lines caused outages for around 20,000 PSEG Long Island customers on Sunday and Monday. Power was restored to more than 84 percent of affected customers by late Monday morning, according to PSEG.

More than 900 line workers, tree trimmers, and surveyors worked to restore power to impacted homes, with only scattered outages across the South Shore and more concentrated outages across the North Shore, Nassau County, and the East End, according to PSEG’s outage map on Sunday night.

Crews from the Town of Islip’s Department of Public Works were sent to coastal areas to address flooding ahead of Monday’s high tide, which flooded streets in low-lying areas, including the area around Browns River in Sayville, according to a town spokesperson.

Suffolk County executive Ed Romaine and Gov. Kathy Hochul declared states of emergency for the county ahead of the storm.

Romaine and municipalities, including the Town of Islip, cautioned residents to stay off the roads if possible on Monday due to potential hazards, such as downed branches and flooding.

Coastal flood advisories were in effect across the county from Sunday through Tuesday night, even though the rain and most of the heavy winds had subsided by Monday night.

Some public events scheduled for earlier in the week, including an Oakdale-wide cleanup, were postponed for future weekends.

With flooded docks and choppy waters, Fire Island Ferry service from Bay Shore and the Sayville Ferry Service canceled all trips from Sunday afternoon through Tuesday, leaving remaining residents and visitors to ride out the storm on the barrier island.

While the storm had killed three people across the Northeast, including a 76-year-old woman in Brooklyn who was struck by a piece of flying debris and two people in Massachusetts after their small plane crashed, there were no reports of injuries across Suffolk County, according to the Suffolk County police, as of Tuesday morning.

Most advisories were lifted throughout Tuesday as schools reopened following the extended holiday weekend.