North Bouquet, O’Hara Streets in Pittsburgh closed due to water main break

Water main break temporarily closes road near Pitt campus, repairs underway

FOR ENDANGERED SUMATRAN TIGER CUBS RECENTLY MAKING THEIR DEBUT AT AN INDONESIAN ZOO, THE CUBS, THREE MALES AND ONE FEMALE, WERE BORN ON MARCH 23RD AT SAFARI PARK IN THE EAST JAVA PROVINCE. THE FOUR NEW CUBS, BRINGING THE PARK’S TOTAL SUMATRAN TIGER POPULATION TO EIGHT. THE SUMATRAN TIGER IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST, SMALLEST TIGER SUBSPECIES, BUT THEY ARE FOUND EXCLUSIVELY ON THE INDONESIAN ISLAND OF SUMATRA. THE PARK PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN WILDLIFE CONSERVATION EFFORTS AND BREEDING ENDANGERED SPECIES. JEWELRY WITH EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND VALUABLE GEMSTONES COULD FETCH MORE THAN $1 MILLION IN TOTAL. THIS WEEK, THE HEADLINER OF THE PHILLIPS NEW YORK JEWELS AUCTION IS A RING WITH A MORE THAN 31 CARAT GEM FROM MOZAMBIQUE. THE AUCTION HOUSE EXPECTS IT FOR IT TO SELL UP TO $650,000. THE GEM GETS ITS BLUE GREEN COLOR FROM COPPER. THE AUCTION ALSO FEATURES OTHER STONES, LIKE A MORE THAN 14 CARAT INTENSE YELLOW DIAMOND AND A MORE THAN SIX CARAT EMERALD. NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO KICK OFF YOUR SUNDAY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. SEVERAL COMMUNITIES ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA FEELING THE IMPACTS OF YESTERDAY’S STORMS. WE’LL SHOW YOU THE DAMAGE LEFT BEHIND, AND WEST VIRGINIA BASEBALL FANS WERE LOOKING FOR COVER DURING THEIR SUPER REGIONAL GAME. HOW YESTERDAY’S INTENSE STORMS HOSPITAL. COUNTRY MUSIC STAR MORGAN WALLEN RETURNED TO THE STEEL CITY WAS CUT SHORT BECAUSE OF WEATHER CONCERNS. WE’LL HEAR FROM FANS AFTER FINDING OUT WHILE IN SECOND SHOW WAS CANCELED AND AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE ARE RECOVERING. THIS MORNING AFTER A SHOOTING AT A FESTIVAL IN TOLEDO, OHIO. THE MESSAGE FROM OHIO’S GOVERNOR. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 9:00 ON THE NOSE. I’M CARLOS FLORES. WE DO WANT TO KICK THINGS OFF WEATHER. AND OF COURSE, WE’RE JOINED BY BRIAN HUTTON JUNIOR WITH OUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. BRIAN. OF COURSE, A LOT OF FOLKS ARE PRETTY EXCITED PROBABLY HEADING INTO THE DAY. ARE WE EXPECTING RAIN LATER ON THIS WEEK? LATER THIS WEEK? BUT A NICE DRY START TO THE WEEK AT LEAST AFTER THE RAIN AND STORMS WE SAW YESTERDAY. SO WE’VE LEARNED TODAY FROM HAVING TO GO THROUGH YESTERDAY. WE’LL SEE INCREASING SUNSHINE AS WE’RE STARTING TO POKE THROUGH THE CLOUD DECK. FOG IS ALSO IMPROVING. NOT AS BIG OF A FACTOR NOW AT 9:00 COMPARED TO WHAT WE SAW A LITTLE EARLIER THIS MORNING. WILL BE MOSTLY SUNNY AND WARM TOMORROW AS WELL. AND THEN WE ARE WATCHING RAIN CHANCES THAT RETURN LATER THIS WEEK. BY THE TIME WE GET TO FRIDAY, WE COULD BE TALKING ON AVERAGE ABOUT AN INCH OR SO ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. IF YOU SIT UNDERNEATH A COUPLE OF ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. NOT EXPECTING SEVERE WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. RIGHT NOW, NO ONE DAY IS A WASHOUT, BUT RAIN SHOWERS WILL BE AROUND AGAIN. FOG IMPROVING, VISIBILITY NOW SEVEN MILES OR BETTER. SO FOG NO LONGER REALLY A CONCERN. MAYBE A STRAY PATCH STILL IN SOME OF OUR STREAM AND RIVER VALLEYS, BUT THAT IS IMPROVING BY THE MINUTE. TEMPERATURES A COUPLE DEGREES EITHER SIDE OF 70, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE STARTING. BEAVERS. THE WARM SPOT AT 72 AT 67 IN CLARION AND FRANKLIN. THOSE ARE THE COOL SPOTS. NOT A BAD START AT ALL. TODAY, 83 IS WHERE WE FINISH 87 THEN WE’RE NEAR 90 AS THE HUMIDITY RAMPS UP AND DAILY RAIN CHANCES, WE TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE FUTURE CAST IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU BRIAN. TREES ARE DOWN, ROADS ARE CLOSED AND POWER IS OUT IN DOZENS OF COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION. PARTICULARLY HIT WAS WASHINGTON COUNTY. WE FOUND DAMAGE IN CENTERVILLE. GIANT TREES WERE SNAPPED IN HALF, WHILE OTHERS WERE RIPPED FROM THE GROUND. WE SPOKE WITH ONE MAN WHO SAYS HE EVEN SAW A FUNNEL CLOUD ABOUT 30S. AFTER WE STEPPED OUT ONTO THE PORCH, WE SEEN THE FUNNEL HIT DOWN. YOU KNOW, RIGHT OVER HERE. WE SEEN IT TRAVEL UP THROUGH HERE AND LAY THIS TREE DOWN IN THE FRONT YARD. AND WE HEARD FROM INSIDE, SHUT ALL THE WINDOWS, BLEW A BUNCH OF STUFF AROUND IN THE HOUSE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. AND THEN WE’RE ABOUT TO HIT THE BASEMENT. BUT WE ENDED UP COMING BACK OUT. ABOUT TEN MINUTES PASSED AND EVERYTHING SEEMED TO SETTLE DOWN. DEFINITELY SOME SCARY STUFF. NEXT DOOR, A GIANT SYCAMORE TREE SLAMMED INTO RISE BAR AND RESTAURANT. FALLEN TREES ALSO DAMAGED SEVERAL CARS IN THE PARKING LOT. THE RESTAURANT WAS FORCED TO CLOSE, THEY SAY. LUCKILY, THOUGH, NO ONE WAS HURT. THE STORM ALSO TRAVELED ALONG TREES IN COLE CENTER. ONE PHOTO ONE VIEWER SENT US THIS PHOTO OF A GIANT PINE TREE RIPPED FROM THE GROUND. THE OWNER, ALREADY OUT THERE WITH A CHAINSAW, CUTTING IT UP. THE STORM ALSO PASSED THROUGH THE BOROUGH OF 84. ELMER JACKSON SENT US A PHOTO OF THE DAMAGE IN HIS BACKYARD, SO WE STOPPED BY TO TAKE A LOOK. THE HIGH WINDS TOPPLED SEVERAL TREES AND TOOK OUT PART OF HIS BACK DECK. BE SITTING THERE WATCHING TV, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW, MY WIFE SAYS, GET IN THE BASEMENT. I LOOK OUT THE WINDOW. YOU SEE THIS BIG WALL OF WATER. NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THE TREES ARE. I MEAN, THEY WERE LIKE SIDEWAYS. ELMER SAYS IT LOOKS LIKE STRAIGHT LINE DAMAGE TO HIM BECAUSE OF ALL THE TREES WERE PUSHED IN THE SAME DIRECTION. HE DID SAY HE PLANTED THOSE TREES HIMSELF WHEN THEY BUILT TAKING A LOOK AT THE POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE REGION, WEST PENN POWER IS REPORTING FAYETTE COUNTY WITH MORE THAN 19,000. WASHINGTON COUNTY AROUND 12,000. WESTMORELAND COUNTY JUST OVER 3700. GREENE COUNTY AROUND 1400. AND IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY, A LITTLE MORE THAN 800. IN MORGANTOWN. THE STORM SWEPT THROUGH AN AREA WHERE FANS WERE WATCHING THE SUPER REGIONAL BASEBALL GAME. VIEWER VIDEO SHOWS A GIANT TENT BEING SWEPT ACROSS A HILL HILLSIDE KNOWN AS RANDY’S RIDGE, RIGHT ABOVE KENDRICK FAMILY BALLPARK. OTHER FANS SEEN HUDDLING UNDER TENTS AND HOLDING THEM DOWN. HERE’S WHERE THAT GIANT TENT EVENTUALLY LANDED. WVU POLICE SAY FIVE SPECTATORS WERE INJURED AND TAKEN TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. TWO OTHERS REFUSED TREATMENT AT THE SCENE. ANOTHER PERSON WAS HURT WHEN HE WAS BLOWN DOWN AND FELL TEN FEET OFF A WALL IN THE SITTING AREA OF THE STADIUM. THE UNIVERSITY PUTTING OUT A STATEMENT SAYING IN PART, QUOTE, WVU WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE IMMEDIATE RESPONSE OF EMS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE FIRST RESPONDERS WHO IMMEDIATELY SECURED THE AREA AND TREATED THE INJURED SPECTATORS. AND WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS IN THE AREA TO ENSURE THOSE AFFECTED ARE SUPPORTED IN THEIR RECOVERY. FIRE OFFICIALS BELIEVE LIGHTNING SPARKED A FIRE AT A HOUSE ALONG EAST 11TH AVENUE IN HOMESTEAD. THE FIRE LEFT HEAVY DAMAGE TO THE UPPER FLOOR OF THE HOME, AND SMOKE WAS SEEN POURING FROM PART OF THE ROOF. NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME, OFFICIALS TELL US. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. DISAPPOINTMENT AMONG COUNTRY MUSIC FANS AS COUNTRY SUPERSTAR MORGAN WALLEN CANCELED HIS SOLD OUT SHOW AT ACRISURE STADIUM, THE STORM FORCING HIM TO CANCEL NIGHT TWO. EVEN AS FANS WERE ALREADY GATHERED ON THE NORTH SHORE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON TELLS US THAT WASN’T THE ONLY BIG EVENT FORCED TO SHUT DOWN ON SATURDAY. THE LOOMING FORECAST OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND OUTSIDE OF ACRISURE STADIUM AS MORGAN WALLEN FANS GATHERED FOR TAILGATES AS EARLY AS 11 A.M. WE WERE ALL IN LINE TO GET IN FOR THE TAILGATE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE SEE ON THE INSTAGRAM STORY THAT MORGAN WALLEN CANCELED AND WE’RE LIKE, YOU KNOW, FOODS PACKED, DRINKS ARE PACKED. I MEAN, THIS IS THIS JUST DOESN’T REPRESENT PITTSBURGH. AHEAD OF THE SECOND NIGHT OF HIS STILL THE PROBLEM TOUR STOP IN PITTSBURGH, MORGAN WALLEN ANNOUNCING VIA INSTAGRAM AROUND 1:00 SATURDAY AFTERNOON, QUOTE, AFTER TALKING WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS AND MY TEAM, THERE WAS NO CHOICE BUT TO CANCEL TONIGHT’S SHOW DUE TO SEVERE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE DAY AND NIGHT. WE HAD OUR PONCHOS AND WE WERE READY TO GO, BUT WE UNDERSTAND SAFETY IS IMPORTANT, SO WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND. BY 245 IN THE AFTERNOON, WE SAW MANY TAILGATERS BEGIN TO CLEAR OUT, WHILE OTHERS HUNKERED DOWN AND WAITED OUT THE STORM AND SOME TAKING THE NEWS HARDER THAN OTHERS BOYCOTTING THEM. HEY, JASON ALDEAN, WE’RE GOING TO BE RIGHT OVER THERE. JASON ALDEAN BAR ALL NIGHT. JASON ALDEAN OAKLAND. GAVIN ADCOCK WE’LL DO THAT ALL DAY. IT’S NOT HIS SHOW, NOT MORGAN, NOT HAPPENING TODAY. BLOCKS AWAY, ALLEGHENY COMMONS PARK WEST HAD BECOME A SPRAWLING VILLAGE OF FOOD SHOPS AND MUSIC ON DAY ONE OF PITTSBURGH PRIDE 2026. I THINK NOW MORE THAN EVER, PRIDE IS IMPORTANT. I ALWAYS WANT TO SUPPORT MY FRIENDS, SUPPORT MY COMMUNITY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. CATCHING UP WITH SOME OF THE FESTIVAL’S YOUNGEST VENDORS, JULIE AND ANIKA, WHO MAKE INTRICATE BEADED WEARABLES. I THINK THE MOST EYE CATCHING, PROBABLY THE TIES AND ALL THE BIG STUFF, BUT I THINK WE’VE MADE WE’VE MADE ALMOST $50. THIS YEAR MARKS THE MOST MOM AND POP VENDORS THE FESTIVAL HAS EVER SEEN, ACCORDING TO TREASURER SAM WASSERMAN. WE ARE EXCITED TO WELCOME THOUSANDS OF PITTSBURGHERS AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO PRIDE TODAY, AND WE ARE LOOKING TO HAVE A BIG CELEBRATION, RAIN OR SHINE, BUT ULTIMATELY, WEATHER CONCERNS FORCED PITTSBURGH PRIDE LEADERS TO MAKE A TOUGH CALL. POSTING TO THEIR INSTAGRAM AROUND 3:00 SATURDAY AFTERNOON, THE EVENT WAS CANCELED FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. IT’S BACK ON AT NOON ON SUNDAY. A LITTLE BIT OF WATER IS NOT GOING TO STOP OUR SHINE, OUR FUN, OUR JOY. THAT’S WHEN AN ESTIMATED 200,000 PEOPLE WILL MARCH IN THE PRIDE PARADE. IT WILL BE GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN LIBERTY AVENUE TO 16TH STREET, AND WE WILL BE GETTING READY TO MARCH ON PITTSBURGH. THE FESTIVAL CONTINUES BACK AT ALLEGHENY COMMONS PARK WEST ALLEGHENY COUNTY ON THE NORTH SIDE. KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. WELL, NEW THIS MORNING, WHILE RESPONDING ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THE BACKLASH HE’S GETTING FROM SOME PEOPLE, POINTING OUT THE STORM WOULD HAVE PASSED BY THE TIME HE GOT ON STAGE. MY TEAM WALKED ON MY BUS, TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD BEEN CONSULTING WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS AND THAT I SHOULD CANCEL MY SHOW IN PITTSBURGH TONIGHT. AND I SAID, WHY? THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE STRONG WINDS IN THE AREA, AND I SAID, OKAY. SO THAT’S WHAT I DID. AND THAT WAS THE INFORMATION I HAD IN THE MOMENT. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS I HAVE A LARGE STAGE THAT IN THOSE CONDITIONS COULD BECOME FATAL TO A LOT OF FOLKS AROUND IT. SO I DID THE BEST I COULD WITH THE INFORMATION I HAD IN THAT MOMENT. AGAIN, IF YOU HAD TICKETS TO LAST NIGHT’S SHOW, YOU CAN GET A REFUND FROM WHERE YOU BOUGHT IT. AT LEAST A DOZEN PEOPLE WERE SHOT AT A FESTIVAL IN TOLEDO, OHIO. THE SHOOTING HAPPENED SATURDAY AT THE OLD WEST END FESTIVAL. TWO OF THE PEOPLE SHOT ARE IN CRITICAL CONDITION. OFFICERS WERE QUICK TO RESPOND. THEY WERE RIGHT THERE WHEN THE SHOTS WERE COMING OUT APPEARS AS THOUGH THERE WAS AT LEAST TWO SHOOTERS. I THINK THEY WERE PROBABLY SHOOTING AT EACH OTHER AND WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING WAS 12 PEOPLE WERE STRUCK WITH BULLETS. POLICE SAY NEITHER SHOOTER IS IN CUSTODY. OHIO GOVERNOR MIKE DEWINE SPOKE OUT ABOUT THE SHOOTING ON SOCIAL MEDIA, SAYING IN PART, QUOTE, SUMMER FESTIVALS SHOULD BE A SAFE SPACE FOR FAMILIES TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER WITHOUT FEAR OF VIOLENCE. A VERY LATE NIGHT FOR HOCKEY FANS, HOWEVER, AS GAME THREE OF THE STANLEY CUP FINALS BETWEEN THE VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS AND THE CAROLINA HURRICANES WENT INTO DOUBLE OVERTIME, TIED AT FOUR APIECE AT THE END OF REGULATION IN VEGAS, THEN SCORELESS IN THE FIRST 20 MINUTES OF EXTRA TIME. VEGAS SHEA THEODORE WITH HUGE WITH A HUGE SLAP SHOT THAT HITS THE BACK WALL AND THEN GOES OFF THE SKATE OF CAROLINA GOALIE BRANDON BUSSEY. THE CAROLINA GOLDEN KNIGHTS, THE GOLDEN KNIGHTS RATHER CELEBRATING TAKING CONTROL OF THAT SERIES. GAME FOUR IS SET FOR TUESDAY IN LAS VEGAS. GAME FIVE GOES BACK TO CAROLINA ON THURSDAY. WELL, WE’RE WELL INTO MEN’S HEALTH MONTH AND COMING UP ON. FOR THE RECORD THIS MORNING, PART TWO OF OUR SERIES LOOKING AT MEN’S HEALTH AND THE ISSUES MEN CAN FACE AT VARIOUS STAGES OF LIFE. MARTY MUNSON, THE HEALTH DIRECTOR AT MEN’S HEALTH MAGAZINE, JOINS US TO EXPLAIN WHY REGULAR CHECKUPS WITH THE DOCTOR ARE SO IMPORTANT FOR MEN. MOST PEOPLE SPEND MORE TIME CHOOSING A RESTAURANT TO GO TO ON THE WEEKEND THAN CHOOSING A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, AND HERE’S WHY YOU NEED ONE. IN THIS WORLD, TELEHEALTH IS SUPER CONVENIENT. YOU CAN GET YOUR ALLERGY MEDS FROM ONE PLACE, WEIGHT LOSS DRUGS FROM ANOTHER, ALL KINDS OF THINGS FROM EVERYWHERE. BUT THINGS GET FRAGMENTED AND IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE ONE DOCTOR HELPING YOU OVERSEE THE WHOLE PICTURE AND KNOWING HOW EVERYTHING FITS TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY OPTIMIZE YOUR HEALTH. SEE PART TWO OF OUR FOR THE RECORD SERIES ON MEN’S HEALTH MONTH LATER THIS MORNING AT 11, RIGHT HERE ON WTAE CHANNEL FOUR. AND REMEMBER, YOU CAN REWATCH PART O

Water main break temporarily closes road near Pitt campus, repairs underway

Updated: 5:10 PM EDT Jun 7, 2026

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A road near the University of Pittsburgh’s campus was closed Sunday evening as crews worked to repair a major water main break. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4In a post from Pitt Police, North Bouquet Street at O’Hara Street was closed around 5 p.m. due to a water main break. The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority is on the scene working to make repairs. Officials are urging residents and drivers to find an alternative route as crews work on scene. According to PWSA’s website, the work is estimated to be complete by 11 p.m. Sunday night. To stay up-to-date on when repairs will be complete, you can visit their website here: Active Outages, PWSADownload the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.

PITTSBURGH —

A road near the University of Pittsburgh’s campus was closed Sunday evening as crews worked to repair a major water main break.

VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4

In a post from Pitt Police, North Bouquet Street at O’Hara Street was closed around 5 p.m. due to a water main break.

The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority is on the scene working to make repairs.

Officials are urging residents and drivers to find an alternative route as crews work on scene.

According to PWSA’s website, the work is estimated to be complete by 11 p.m. Sunday night.

To stay up-to-date on when repairs will be complete, you can visit their website here: Active Outages, PWSA

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