Live Updates: Nor'easter hits with damaging winds, coastal flooding

Acting Gov. Tahesha Way declared on Friday that New Jersey will enter a State of Emergency at 10 p.m. on Saturday in preparation for the nor'easter expected to hit Sunday and continue into Monday.

"Starting on Sunday, a dangerous coastal storm will begin to move past our state with extreme weather conditions for several counties, especially those on the Shore," said Acting Governor Way. "In preparation for this storm, I am issuing a State of Emergency for all 21 counties out of an abundance of caution, authorizing our state's emergency services personnel to activate as necessary. I urge all New Jerseyans to exercise caution, monitor local weather forecasts and warnings, stay informed on evacuation protocols, and remain off the roads unless absolutely necessary."

PATH will operate normal weekend service this weekend and the agency has canceled previously planned track work between Harrison and Journal Square due to the storm.

PATH had previously scheduled the service change as part of six weekend outages this fall to install and test four switches.

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber spoke about preparations underway by the MTA ahead of the weekend nor'easter.

He said they are tracking the storm very closely.

"The principal risk the weather professionals have identified is wind - as opposed to the volume of rain," Lieber said. "So, we have all our preparations - we preposition the equipment, we make sure we have the people to do the work, the preparations overnight - to tie everything down, to make sure anything at risk is prepared and we do all the customers service messaging as well."

Lieber said they are also making sure customers will be aware of any impacts to service.

"The good news is its going to be Columbus Day and may be a little lighter impact on regular folks commute because of the day off," Lieber said.

PSEG Long Island said Friday that it has personnel ready to respond safely and as quickly as possible throughout the storm.

"PSEG Long Island has been monitoring this storm, and we are prepared for potential impacts on the system this weekend," said Michael Sullivan, vice president of Electric Operations at PSEG Long Island. "We have performed system and logistic checks, and have a full complement of personnel who will mobilize for restoration in foul weather conditions. Our crews will work to safely restore any outages as quickly as conditions will allow."