{"id":235123,"date":"2026-07-04T01:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T01:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235123\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T01:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T01:11:10","slug":"severe-storm-topples-trees-sparks-fires-and-knocks-out-power-across-region-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/235123\/","title":{"rendered":"Severe storm topples trees, sparks fires, and knocks out power across region | Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALBURTIS, Pa. \u2014 A severe storm knocked down numerous trees and power lines Friday night, leaving thousands of residents across the region without power.<\/p>\n<p>A Northampton County dispatcher confirmed that strong, gusty winds uprooted trees and snapped large branches, bringing down power lines throughout the county. Some downed lines sparked small fires, including one that damaged a garage along Main Street in Northampton.<\/p>\n<p>             <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfmz.com\/weather\/your-photos-fallen-trees-downed-wires-rainbows-and-lightning-as-storms-slam-area\/collection_9d919938-fe30-41c7-8b0d-82b2988fe320.html\" class=\"tnt-asset-link\" aria-label=\"YOUR PHOTOS: Fallen trees, downed wires, rainbows, and lightning as storms slam area\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>        +15<br \/>\n            YOUR PHOTOS: Fallen trees, downed wires, rainbows, and lightning as storms slam area<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lehigh County is facing similar damage. Violent winds toppled trees and damaged a home near Franklin and Church streets in Alburtis.<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Alburtis home damage\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"816\" height=\"460\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a48512ae891d.image.jpg\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"113\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    Rich Rolen || WFMZ-TV<\/p>\n<p>Storm-related power outages continue to climb across the area:<\/p>\n<p>Monroe County:\u00a010,518<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh County:\u00a07,375<\/p>\n<p>Northampton County:\u00a05,943<\/p>\n<p>Berks County:\u00a01,844<\/p>\n<p>Schuylkill County:\u00a03,113<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery County:\u00a012,184<\/p>\n<p>Bucks County:\u00a09,000<\/p>\n<p>Carbon County:\u00a03,654<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALBURTIS, Pa. \u2014 A severe storm knocked down numerous trees and power lines Friday night, leaving thousands of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235124,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,44606,433,434,1133],"class_list":["post-235123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-featured_top_story","tag-lehigh-county","tag-northampton-county","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235123","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=235123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}