{"id":140595,"date":"2026-03-17T12:02:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/140595\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:02:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T12:02:13","slug":"downed-trees-fallen-power-lines-block-roads-in-lehigh-valley-after-strong-winds-roar-through-region-allentown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/140595\/","title":{"rendered":"Downed trees, fallen power lines block roads in Lehigh Valley, after strong winds roar through region | Allentown Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLENTOWN, Pa. &#8211; Fallen trees and downed wires blocked some roads in the Lehigh Valley Tuesday morning, leading to some\u00a0headaches for drivers.<\/p>\n<p>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>The intersection of Vultee and Lehigh streets in Allentown were still dark Tuesday morning, leading to traffic backups.<\/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>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<p>Also in that area, an electric pole was hanging against other wires. Multiple electric poles were downed.<\/p>\n<p>Some roads were closed in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure to use caution when driving in the area of Downyflake Lane, Vultee Street,\u00a0Devonshire Street, and\u00a0South 12th Street. Some drivers were turned around in areas where roads were closed.<\/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><a class=\"link-content\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/station\/apps\/#WeatherApp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> DOWNLOAD: 69News Weather App<\/a><\/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; Fallen trees and downed wires blocked some roads in the Lehigh Valley Tuesday morning, leading&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,232,153,155,154,3705],"class_list":["post-140595","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\/140595","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=140595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}