{"id":212884,"date":"2026-06-07T05:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/212884\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T05:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:25:09","slug":"western-pennsylvania-communities-battered-by-severe-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/212884\/","title":{"rendered":"Western Pennsylvania communities battered by severe storms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PERRYOPOLIS, Pa. \u2014 The worst damage from Saturday\u2019s storms appears to stretch from eastern Washington County into Fayette County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/photos-severe-storms\/PKBLQUFUXNEM3DLWMKWX667MMA\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/photos-severe-storms\/PKBLQUFUXNEM3DLWMKWX667MMA\/\">CLICK HERE TO SEE MORE PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Channel 11\u2019s Frederick Price was in several communities, looking at how they fared amid the high winds and rain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Along Pittsburgh Road in Perryopolis, you could see tree limbs on the shoulder and debris scattered all over the road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Ominous clouds hung around Saturday evening as communities south of Pittsburgh were cleaning up from the strong thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">RELATED COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/duquesne-light-company-increases-staffing-ahead-storms-that-could-bring-down-wires\/GPZT6IMKJNDVFHZFKO3IMNFMGI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/duquesne-light-company-increases-staffing-ahead-storms-that-could-bring-down-wires\/GPZT6IMKJNDVFHZFKO3IMNFMGI\/\">Duquesne Light Company increases staffing ahead of storms that could bring down wires<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In east Washington, our crews found a downed tree off Centre Road that took down power lines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In that area, more than 1,500 power outages were reported at one point Saturday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Firefighters put out flares to help drivers navigate the intersections with no working traffic lights.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Meanwhile, in Marianna, crews worked to clear a debris-filled Kefover Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">A neighbor shared a photo of a nearby barn that suffered heavy damage. Strong winds ripped off the roof and left behind a trail of debris.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/4MQA2SUWINGPFCWJVVIH7WBAVQ.jpg\" width=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">Barn Damage <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">In Perryopolis, intense winds knocked over a classic neon Dairy Queen sign. Many businesses, like the Dairy Queen, closed for the day and beyond.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com\/cmg\/TZGHCATB45C5HJEPFMMESFB4LQ.jpeg\" width=\"1440\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1htor29-0 jibCgM image-metadata\">Perryopolis <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Nearby were strewn more fallen trees, including one snapped in half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The National Weather Service is planning to do a tornado survey Monday, but the location is unknown at this point, while it reviews damage reports.<\/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":"PERRYOPOLIS, Pa. \u2014 The worst damage from Saturday\u2019s storms appears to stretch from eastern Washington County into Fayette&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":212885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[93299,869,93298,93295,93296,12935,6630,93301,93300,25641,139,859,28,30,29,71818,73,74,93297,420,1887,860],"class_list":["post-212884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-center_road","tag-channel_11","tag-east_washington","tag-eastern_washington_county","tag-fayette_counties","tag-fayette_county","tag-frederick_price","tag-keyfover","tag-marianna","tag-national_weather_service","tag-news","tag-ott_news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-perryopolis","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh_road","tag-video","tag-washington","tag-wpxi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212884","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=212884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}