{"id":201345,"date":"2026-05-24T15:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201345\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T15:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T15:55:10","slug":"winds-cause-utility-poles-to-fall-around-the-region-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201345\/","title":{"rendered":"Winds Cause Utility Poles to Fall Around the Region | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Powerful winds caused widespread damage to power and utility wires across the area, knocking down poles, wires, and traffic signals in multiple locations on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"poles.png\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full default\" width=\"1419\" height=\"581\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>One scene unfolded near Mercyhurst University, where a light pole collapsed along East 38th Street near the university\u2019s main entrance. The fallen pole brought down utility wires and disabled traffic signals at the intersection, creating hazardous driving conditions and traffic disruptions.<\/p>\n<p>In Harborcreek, crews responded to another major trouble spot on Nagle Road. A light pole fell at the intersection of Cumberland Road, also taking down a nearby road sign.<\/p>\n<p>Police and emergency responders temporarily closed part of the roadway while Penelec crews worked to assess the damage and begin repairs. Drivers were urged to avoid the area and use alternate routes while cleanup efforts continued.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Powerful winds caused widespread damage to power and utility wires across the area, knocking down poles, wires, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[23865,136,138,137,9175,9174,6654,74625,26582,34924],"class_list":["post-201345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-erie","tag-emergency-crews","tag-erie","tag-erie-headlines","tag-erie-news","tag-penelec","tag-power-outage","tag-road-closure","tag-traffic-signal","tag-utility-pole","tag-wind-damage"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201345","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=201345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}