{"id":132494,"date":"2026-03-07T23:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132494\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T23:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T23:41:08","slug":"thousands-of-customers-without-power-amid-strong-storms-in-pittsburgh-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132494\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of customers without power amid strong storms in Pittsburgh area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/6eb56f083524a103ac76a683caabb364.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Thousands of customers are without power amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/strong-thunderstorms-move-saturday-afternoon\/J7VDC3RVGJHWDG64HFUVAINUWY\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:strong storms;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">strong storms<\/a> in the Pittsburgh area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/track-rain-using-our-interactive-radar\/OLMHULIIJFD5HDHGCVTKKPXOKA\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:TRACK THE STORMS WITH OUR INTERACTIVE RADAR;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">TRACK THE STORMS WITH OUR INTERACTIVE RADAR<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As of 6:30 p.m., <a href=\"https:\/\/duquesnelight.com\/outages-safety\/current-outages\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22429562639&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAByLieqfAr195MS4eWHSGLoh5IV3S&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAtq_NBhA_EiwA78nNWGUlgYt8R9neK7bWMqqlkMv-czWJEms5rnuAfbw05C5IAVFz4bZ9LBoCxR0QAvD_BwE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Duquesne Light Co.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Duquesne Light Co.<\/a> reports close to 3,000 customers impacted by outages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nearly 2,000 of those are in the 15239 area code, primarily covering Plum Borough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/outages-pa.firstenergycorp.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:West Penn Power;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">West Penn Power<\/a> reports more than 7,700 customers without electricity in our local counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More than 4,400 of those are in Westmoreland County, and more than 1,000 are in Indiana County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FREE WPXI News app;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Twitter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Watch WPXI NOW;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of customers are without power amid strong storms in the Pittsburgh area. 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