Thousands without power from Thursday’s severe storms
Strong storms moved across the Pittsburgh region Thursday night, bringing heavy rain and lightning.
Though the severe weather has moved out of the area, areas of fog and lingering high water remain and thousands are still without power.
West Penn Power said they expect to have the majority of customers’ power restored by 4 p.m. Saturday.
>> RELATED COVERAGE: PHOTOS: Severe storms move through Western Pennsylvania
We currently expect to have the majority of impacted customers back up and running by 4 p.m. on Saturday. We will provide restoration updates for specific locations as they become available on our outage map: https://t.co/u5hrYrnmv5. 3/3 pic.twitter.com/4DFEbxHNR2
— West Penn Power (@W_Penn_Power) July 21, 2023
Here are the outages reported by West Penn Power as of 11:30 a.m. Friday:
ALLEGHENY 225
ARMSTRONG 18
BUTLER 214
FAYETTE 33
GREENE 447
MERCER 81
VENANGO 190
WASHINGTON 270
WESTMORELAND 817
For up-to-date outages, visit www.outages.firstenergy.com.
Here are the power outages reported by Duquesne Light:
Total Active Outages: 13
Total Customers Affected: 165
For up-to-date outages, visit duquesnelight.com.
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