Power outages remain after Monday storms
Aug. 8—CUMBERLAND — Potomac Edison crews continued efforts to restore electrical service Tuesday to about 200 residents in Allegany County and a few dozen in Garrett County and hundreds of homes and businesses in nearby West Virginia counties.
Thunderstorms with high winds downed utility line poles and tree limbs throughout the region early Monday afternoon. There were no preliminary reports of injuries.
The George's Creek area of Allegany County reported numerous trees and lines down with nearly 80% of Lonaconing residents without power shortly after the storm moved through.
Volunteer fire companies responded to numerous emergency calls to 911 dispatch centers in Allegany, Garrett and Mineral counties where the predicted storms prompted a series of severe thunderstorm watches and warnings along with a tornado watch.
In West Virginia, there were 525 customers reported without service late Tuesday afternoon in Grant County along with 75 in Preston County, and more than 100 residents in Pendleton county, according to the FirstEnergy website detailing outages.
