As severe storms made their way through parts of the 69 News region Saturday night, some residents found themselves without power.
Pennsylvania
Around 10:30 p.m., Met-Ed’s outage map showed that 1,400 customers lost power in Berks County. Just over 1,000 customers in Montgomery County and more than 1,000 in Northampton County were also in the dark.
PPL also showed outages, with more than 3,400 in Carbon County; 2,500 in Monroe County; and 3,000 in Northampton County.
New Jersey
In Warren County, New Jersey, more than 2,900 customers were without power from Jersey Central Power & Light, a FirstEnergy company. In Hunterdon County, 3,800 customers were in the dark.
Report outages
Customers have a few options to report that their power is out.
For PPL customers, text “outage” to “TXTPPL” or report on the PPL website.
For FirstEnergy customers (Met-Ed and Jersey Central Power & Light), text “OUT” to 544487 (“LIGHTS”) or visit the Met-Ed website.
Call 911 immediately if there’s a downed wire line, and stay at least 30 feet away.