{"id":132542,"date":"2026-03-08T01:30:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132542\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T01:30:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:30:20","slug":"thousands-of-customers-without-power-following-strong-storms-in-pittsburgh-area-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/132542\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of customers without power following strong storms in Pittsburgh area \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Thousands of customers are without power following strong storms in the Pittsburgh area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">As of 7:30 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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/duquesnelight.com\/outages-safety\/current-outages\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=22429562639&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAByLieqfAr195MS4eWHSGLoh5IV3S&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAtq_NBhA_EiwA78nNWGUlgYt8R9neK7bWMqqlkMv-czWJEms5rnuAfbw05C5IAVFz4bZ9LBoCxR0QAvD_BwE\">Duquesne Light Co.<\/a> reports close to 2,900 customers impacted by outages. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Nearly 2,000 of those are in the 15239 area code, primarily covering Plum Borough.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/duquesnelight.com\/outages-safety\/report-outage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/duquesnelight.com\/outages-safety\/report-outage\">Click here<\/a> to report an outage to Duquesne Light Co.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/outages-pa.firstenergycorp.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/outages-pa.firstenergycorp.com\/\">West Penn Power<\/a> reports more than 6,600 customers without electricity in our local counties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">More than 3,600 of those are in Westmoreland County, and nearly 1,000 are in Indiana County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstenergycorp.com\/outages_help\/Report_Power_Outages.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.firstenergycorp.com\/outages_help\/Report_Power_Outages.html\">Click here<\/a> to report an outage to West Penn Power.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/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 following strong storms in the Pittsburgh area. 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