Live Outage Map: Storms knock out power for some Pennsylvanians
A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY FOR SEVERE WEATHER TODAY. WE’LL TIME IT OUT. AND EARLY MORNING ROWHOME FIRE IN HARRISBURG LEAVES EIGHT PEOPLE HOMELESS. ONE COLLAPSED DURING THE FIRE. I’M RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER AT THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HOW HE RUNS THREATS TO GLOBAL OIL SHIPMENTS COULD IMPACT THE PRICE YOU PAY AT THE PUMP. WGAL NEWS EIGHT AT NOON STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON. I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO. THE STORM TEAM HAS MADE AN IMPACT DAY BECAUSE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HERE’S METEOROLOGIST MIKE SUSKO. THANK YOU SUSAN. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THAT’S RIGHT. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON HERE. THE ENTIRE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY UNDER A LEVEL TWO OUT OF FIVE RISK FOR THE STORMS. THIS RISK ACTUALLY HAS EXPANDED THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE CURRENT RADAR. THE RAIN YOU SEE RIGHT NOW IS NOT SEVERE AND IT’S NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. AS WE GO THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. HOWEVER, AS WE ZOOM OUT, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE’S DRIER AIR TO THE SOUTH AND WEST. THAT’S GOING TO ALLOW THE ATMOSPHERE TO RECHARGE, SO TO SPEAK, BEFORE STORMS DEVELOP LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AND THAT’S THE ROUND WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO. YOU CAN ALREADY SEE SOME WARNINGS THERE IN OHIO, WHERE THE STRONGER STORMS ARE. CARLISLE RIGHT NOW IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY GOT LIGHT RAIN, BUT AGAIN, THAT IS NOT SEVERE. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 60S ACROSS THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, 60 IN HARRISBURG, 69, THOUGH IN YORK AND LANCASTER, AND 68 IN CHAMBERSBURG AND GETTYSBURG. YOUR 12 HOUR FORECAST SHOWING THAT WE WILL START TO SEE THOSE STORMS DEVELOP AS WE HEAD INTO THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO GET CLOSE TO 70 DEGREES AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON HERE. AND THEN ONCE WE GET PAST THE 9:00 HOUR, THAT IS WHEN THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL COME TO AN END. BUT WHAT CAN WE EXPECT WITH THOSE STORMS IF THEY DO DEVELOP, WHAT WILL THEY PRODUCE? DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN AND THEN FOLLOWED BY LARGE HAIL. AND WE CAN’T RULE OUT ISOLATED TORNADOES EITHER. SO ALL HAZARDS ARE ON THE TABLE. THE ONLY ONE THAT’S NOT REALLY IS FLASH FLOODING. AS THE STORMS THANKFULLY WILL BE MOVING PRETTY QUICKLY. BUT NONETHELESS, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WAY TO GET THOSE ALERTS TODAY SHOULD THEY BE ISSUED FOR YOUR AREA. WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THIS RISK. SUSAN, AND WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FOR THE WEEKEND COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND OF COURSE, STAY WITH NEWS EIGHT. THE STORM TEAM ON AIR AND ONLINE THROUGHOUT THE DAY. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS. AND REMEMBER YOU CAN LOOK AT RADAR ANYTIME, ANYWHERE ON THE WGAL APP. BREAKING NEWS. A VAN DRIVER IS IN SECRET SERVICE CUSTODY AT THIS HOUR. AFTER DRIVING THROUGH A BARRICADE THIS MORNING OUTSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE. NEWS EIGHT’S RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER IS NEAR THE SCENE, ABOUT 500FT AWAY FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, AFTER D.C. POLICE SAY SOMEONE DRIVING A VAN TRIED TO DRIVE THROUGH THIS BARRICADE. IT IS UNCLEAR WHY EXACTLY SOMEONE ATTEMPTED TO DO THAT. AT THIS POINT, IT IS ALL UNDER INVESTIGATION. D.C. POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THAT THE DRIVER OF THE VAN WAS NOT INJURED. THEY WERE APPREHENDED. AND AT THIS POINT, ALL OF THIS IS NOW UNDER INVESTIGATION IN WASHINGTON. I’M RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER. NEW AT NOON. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER IS CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION TO FURLOUGH EMPLOYEES FOR THE 20 2627 SCHOOL YEAR TO ADDRESS A NEARLY $10 MILLION BUDGET DEFICIT FROM LAST SCHOOL YEAR. THE SCHOOL BOARD REVIEWED A RESOLUTION LAST NIGHT OF INTENT TO FURLOUGH THE EMPLOYEES, BUT DID NOT GIVE AN EXACT NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES. PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL CODE REQUIRES THAT A BOARD ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF INTENT TO FURLOUGH EMPLOYEES IN THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR, NO LATER THAN 60 DAYS PRIOR TO THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE BUDGET, THE BOARD NOTED. IT HAS A STRONG DESIRE TO ULTIMATELY NOT HAVE TO IMPLEMENT SOME OR ALL OF THE FURLOUGHS PROPOSED. THE BOARD WILL LIKELY VOTE ON THE RESOLUTION AT ITS PUBLIC MEETING, WHERE PEOPLE CAN COMMENT NEXT TUESDAY. A ROW HOME FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING IN HARRISBURG FORCED EIGHT PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES. FIREFIGHTERS SAY A BALCONY COLLAPSED DURING THE FIRE AT THE CUMBERLAND STREETS. NO ONE WAS HURT AND ALL PETS ARE SAFE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE GREATER YORK PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS UNION IS CIRCULATING A PETITION HIGHLIGHTING A STAFFING SHORTAGE AT YORK AREA UNITED FIRE AND RESCUE. THE AGENCY, WITH PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEERS, SERVE SPRINGETTSBURY SPRING GARDEN AND MANCHESTER TOWNSHIPS. THE UNION SAYS SPRING GARDEN TOWNSHIP STATIONS ARE UNDERSTAFFED BY SEVEN FIREFIGHTERS AND SPRINGETTSBURY TOWNSHIP AND MANCHESTER TOWNSHIP STATIONS ARE UNDERSTAFFED BY FOUR FIREFIGHTERS. IT SAYS THESE LEVELS CAN LEAD TO DELAYS AND MORE DANGER FOR VICTIMS, FIREFIGHTERS AND MORE PROPERTY LOSS. THEY’RE CALLING ON LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF FIREFIGHTERS PER SHIFT. HARRISBURG CITY COUNCIL HAS NOW CONFIRMED GLORIA MARTIN ROBERTS AS THE DIRECTOR OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENT. AFTER SOME BACK AND FORTH WITH THE MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL HAD FILED A MOTION FRIDAY TO HOLD MAYOR WANDA WILLIAMS IN CONTEMPT OF COURT, ACCUSING HER OF VIOLATING A DEAL TO RESOLVE A LAWSUIT OVER THE DEFUNDING OF SOME OF THE MAYOR’S STAFF, INCLUDING MARTIN ROBERTS. MAYOR WILLIAMS IS NO LONGER VIOLATING THAT AGREEMENT DID NOT APPLY FOR THIS JOB. I WAS ASKED TO COME HERE BY THE MAYOR. THE MAYOR KNOWS MY BACKGROUND. WE SERVED ON CITY COUNCIL. WE SERVED ON THE ELECTED SCHOOL BOARD. SO SHE’S VERY FAMILIAR WITH MY BACKGROUND, MY SKILLS, MY ABILITIES. POLICE AND FIRST RESPONDERS ESCORTED CORPORAL TIMOTHY O’CONNOR’S BODY TO A FUNERAL HOME IN WESTCHESTER, WHERE IT IS NOW LYING. THE STATE TROOPER WAS SHOT AND KILLED SUNDAY DURING A TRAFFIC STOP IN CHESTER COUNTY. THOSE WHO KNEW HIM SAY HE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN CHILDREN’S LIVES THROUGH THE STATE POLICE CADET PROGRAM. JOSHUA KIKUCHI, WHO HAD THE CORPORAL AS HIS CABIN LEADER IN 2024, SAYS HE TAUGHT HIM LIFE LESSONS. I TOLD THE NEWS AND IT REALLY JUST BROKE ME BECAUSE. NOBODY DESERVES THAT. HE ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT. AT THE CAMP, IF ANYONE WAS STRUGGLING, HE WOULD SLOW DOWN, MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND BEFORE THEY CONTINUED. AND I BELIEVE THAT WHOLEHEARTEDLY. CAMP CADET. AND CORPORAL O’CONNOR SET JOSHUA UP FOR SUCCESS TO BE ABLE TO THEN TAKE WHAT HE LEARNED AND THEN SERVE HIS OWN COMMUNITY. CORPORAL O’CONNOR’S FUNERAL IS SET FOR NEXT WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18TH AT 11:00 AT SAINT JOSEPH’S CHURCH IN DOWNINGTOWN. THE MILTON HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER IN DAUPHIN COUNTY HELD A LIGHT UP THE NIGHT PROCESSION LAST NIGHT FEATURING A CAR DECORATED IN HONOR OF CORPORAL O’CONNOR. IT WAS AMONG 100 VEHICLES REPRESENTING MORE THAN 65 ORGANIZATIONS THAT DROVE PAST THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. IT WAS TO HELP BRING SMILES TO PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES. NATASHA O’HARA, WHOSE SON IS A PATIENT, SAYS SHE FEELS THE LOVE. IT MAKES ME FEEL WARM INSIDE, KNOWING THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT HERE TO SERVE AND PROTECT US COME AND HELP THE LESS FORTUNATE WHEN THEY’RE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK. THE FOUNDER OF THE NONPROFIT TOGETHER SAYS SOME OF THE TRUCKS INVOLVED TRAVELED MORE THAN 150 MILES FOR THE EVENT. PENNDOT WILL SPEND $89 MILLION ON 12 NEW ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS ALONG MAJOR HIGHWAYS. THREE CHARGERS WILL BE IN LANCASTER COUNTY AT THE SHEETZ AT EXIT 26 OF ROUTE TWO, 83 AT SHEETZ ON ROUTE 222 IN WILLOW STREET AND AT WAWA ON ROUTE 2222 IN LANCASTER AND AT THE TRAVEL PLAZA IN DUNCANNON, PERRY COUNTY. THE TIMELINE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THE CHARGERS HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. THE STATE AVERAGE FOR GAS IS 366 A GALLON, ABOUT $0.02 OVERNIGHT, AND UP $0.54 SINCE THE START OF THE WAR. MIFFLIN COUNTY STILL HAS THE HIGHEST PRICE AT 3.78 A GALLON. CUMBERLAND AND YORK COUNTIES ARE ALSO HIGHER THAN THE STATE AVERAGE, THE LOWEST AVERAGE PRICE IS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY AT 356 A GALLON. AS GAS PRICES CLIMB, THE TRUMP ATTENTION TO PROTECTING OIL SHIPMENTS FROM IRANIAN MISSILES. THE U.S. MILITARY SAID. TUESDAY WAS THE BIGGEST DAY OF STRIKES IN IRAN YET. NEWS 8 WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER HAS THE LATEST ON THE SPIKE IN OIL PRICES, IS ROCKING FINANCIAL MARKETS WORLDWIDE, AND THAT’S BECAUSE THERE IS CONCERN THAT THE WAR COULD BLOCK THE FLOW OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS FOR A LENGTHY PERIOD OF TIME. THERE’S CONCERN IRAN COULD START MINING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, THE NARROW WATERWAY OFF ITS COAST, WHERE ABOUT A FIFTH OF THE WORLD’S OIL PASSES. EVEN THOUGH PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF THAT HAPPENING YET, THE U.S. MILITARY DESTROYED MORE THAN A DOZEN MINE LAYING IRANIAN VESSELS ON TUESDAY THAT COULD LAY BOMBS IN THE PATH. SHIPS TRAVEL THE PRESIDENT ALSO RAMPED UP THREATS, SAYING IF IRAN PLACE MINES AND THEY ARE NOT REMOVED, QUOTE, THE MILITARY CONSEQUENCES TO IRAN WILL BE AT A LEVEL NEVER SEEN BEFORE. SOME ANALYSTS WARN OIL PRICES WILL GO MUCH HIGHER IF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ REMAINS MOSTLY CLOSED, WHICH WOULD INCREASE GAS PRICES IN THE U.S. EVEN FURTHER, ACCORDING TO TRIPLE A TODAY, THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR A GALLON IS 3.58. THE WHITE HOUSE INSISTS THE PRICE HIKE IS TEMPORARY. THE RECENT INCREASE IN OIL AND GAS PRICES IS TEMPORARY, AND THIS OPERATION WILL RESULT IN LOWER GAS PRICES IN THE LONG TERM. ONCE THE NATIONAL SECURITY OBJECTIVES OF OPERATION EPIC FURY ARE FULLY ACHIEVED, AMERICANS WILL SEE OIL AND GAS PRICES DROP RAPIDLY, POTENTIALLY EVEN LOWER THAN THEY WERE PRIOR TO THE START OF THE OPERATION. TODAY, THE G7 LEADERS FROM THE SEVEN WORLD’S BIGGEST ECONOMIES WILL BE MEETING TO DISCUSS THE ONGOING ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST. AT THE WHITE HOUSE, I’M RACHEL HIRSCHHEIMER NEW AT NOON. INFLATION STAYED ELEVATED LAST MONTH AS GAS PRICES ROSE. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS CONSUMER PRICES ROSE 2.4% IN FEBRUARY, COMPARED WITH A YEAR EARLIER. AND CHECKING WALL STREET DOWN ACROSS THE BOARD AT THIS HOUR, THE DOW IS DOWN MORE THAN 476 POINTS
Live Outage Map: Storms knock out power for some Pennsylvanians
Updated: 4:53 PM EDT Mar 11, 2026
Severe storms are knocking out power for some Pennsylvania residents.Video above: Top stories, weather forecast from WGAL News 8.Live-updating mapForecast infoIn South-Central Pennsylvania the primary hazards are heavy rain, frequent lightning, and strong, gusty winds.There is a low risk for hail and isolated tornadoes.The timing for the storms is late Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday evening.PHNjcmlwdCB0eXBlPSJ0ZXh0L2phdmFzY3JpcHQiPiFmdW5jdGlvbigpeyJ1c2Ugc3RyaWN0Ijt3aW5kb3cuYWRkRXZlbnRMaXN0ZW5lcigibWVzc2FnZSIsKGZ1bmN0aW9uKGUpe2lmKHZvaWQgMCE9PWUuZGF0YVsiZGF0YXdyYXBwZXItaGVpZ2h0Il0pe3ZhciB0PWRvY3VtZW50LnF1ZXJ5U2VsZWN0b3JBbGwoImlmcmFtZSIpO2Zvcih2YXIgYSBpbiBlLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdKWZvcih2YXIgcj0wO3I8dC5sZW5ndGg7cisrKXtpZih0W3JdLmNvbnRlbnRXaW5kb3c9PT1lLnNvdXJjZSl0W3JdLnN0eWxlLmhlaWdodD1lLmRhdGFbImRhdGF3cmFwcGVyLWhlaWdodCJdW2FdKyJweCJ9fX0pKX0oKTs8L3NjcmlwdD4=WGAL weather linksWatch it: Use WGAL’s interactive radar to track storms.Get alerts that follow you: Turn on location-based weather alerts with WGAL’s step-by-step instructions.Check what’s closed: See closings and delays for businesses, churches, and organizations during severe weather.Navigate smarter: Open WGAL’s interactive traffic map for crashes, construction, and road closures—with traffic cameras.Inbox updates: Sign up for email alerts, from daily forecasts to severe-weather warnings.Plan by the hour: View the hour-by-hour forecast for your day.Weekend ready: Preview the weekend forecast before you lock in plans.Look ahead: Browse the 10-day forecast for the extended outlook.
Severe storms are knocking out power for some Pennsylvania residents.
Video above: Top stories, weather forecast from WGAL News 8.
Live-updating map
Forecast info
In South-Central Pennsylvania the primary hazards are heavy rain, frequent lightning, and strong, gusty winds.
There is a low risk for hail and isolated tornadoes.
The timing for the storms is late Wednesday afternoon into Wednesday evening.
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