{"id":222718,"date":"2026-06-18T23:16:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T23:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222718\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T23:16:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T23:16:14","slug":"over-17k-power-outages-reported-in-western-pennsylvania-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/222718\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 17K power outages reported in Western Pennsylvania area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Strong winds are causing power outages throughout the Western Pennsylvania area. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">As of 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, Duquesne Light had nearly 8,500 power outages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Of those, 7,444 power outages were in Allegheny County and 1,027 power outages were in Beaver County. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/duquesnelight.com\/outages-safety\/report-outage\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/duquesnelight.com\/outages-safety\/report-outage\">Click here to report a power outage to Duquesne Light.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">West Penn Power reported nearly 9,000 power outages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Locally, the following communities reported:<\/p>\n<p>Armstrong County: 252 power outagesAllegheny County: 184 power outagesButler County: 2,090 power outagesFayette County: 304 power outagesGreene County: 122 power outagesMercer County: 125 power outagesWashington County: 511 power outagesWestmoreland County: 5,398 power outages <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstenergycorp.com\/outages_help\/Report_Power_Outages.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.firstenergycorp.com\/outages_help\/Report_Power_Outages.html\">Click here to report a power outage to West Penn Power.<\/a> <\/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":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Strong winds are causing power outages throughout the Western Pennsylvania area. 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