{"id":140511,"date":"2026-03-17T09:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/140511\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T09:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T09:48:09","slug":"residents-wake-up-to-downed-trees-fallen-power-lines-in-lehigh-valley-after-storms-sweep-through-region-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/140511\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents wake up to downed trees, fallen power lines in Lehigh Valley after storms sweep through region | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; Oxford Drive in Allentown was hit hard after storms moved through the region Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>A tree fell on the fence of a home near the corner of Oxford Drive in Allentown. The debris spilled out onto the road nearby.<\/p>\n<p>The area of Lehigh Avenue and\u00a0Oxford Drive experienced power outages overnight. Power was restored early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>On Moravian Avenue, a downed tree was on top of fallen power lines. Debris was scattered throughout roads, blocking some of them in the area.<\/p>\n<p>People heading out the door are urged to take their time. If there are trees and debris on the road, take it slow while driving.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to report any fallen wires you see.<\/p>\n<p>69 News Reporter Sydney Kay will have updates on storm damage in the region throughout 69 News at Sunrise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; Oxford Drive in Allentown was hit hard after storms moved through the region Monday night.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140512,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,232,153,155,154,3705],"class_list":["post-140511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown-area","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-sunrise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140511","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140511"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140511\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}