{"id":140552,"date":"2026-03-17T10:54:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/140552\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:54:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:54:07","slug":"residents-wake-up-to-downed-trees-fallen-power-lines-in-lehigh-valley-some-roadways-still-in-the-dark-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/140552\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents wake up to downed trees, fallen power lines in Lehigh Valley, some roadways still in the dark | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Oxford Drive in Allentown was hit hard after storms moved through the region Monday night.<\/p>\n

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

The area of Lehigh Avenue and\u00a0Oxford Drive experienced power outages overnight. Power was restored early Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n

The intersection of Vultee and Lehigh streets in Allentown were still dark Tuesday morning, leading to some traffic backups and headaches for drivers.<\/p>\n

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

At the intersection of Devonshire and South 12th Street, it was completely dark early\u00a0Tuesday morning, and a streetlight could be seen on the ground. The area was roped off with caution tape.<\/p>\n

Also in that area, an electric pole was hanging against other wires.<\/p>\n

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Some roads were closed in the area.<\/p>\n

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

Make sure to report any fallen wires you see.<\/p>\n

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. – Oxford Drive in Allentown was hit hard after storms moved through the region Monday night.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[214,119,121,120,232,3705],"class_list":["post-140552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news","tag-allentown-area","tag-sunrise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140552","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=140552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}