BERKS COUNTY, Pa. – According to Met-Ed, about 1,130 customers in Berks County are out of power as the area experiences periods of heavy rain and thunderstorms.<\/p>\n
Residents have shared that numerous trees and power lines are down throughout the county, affecting both cell service and power.<\/p>\n
Met-Ed says 450 customers in Reading City are currently without power.<\/p>\n
Other areas experiencing outages include Albany TWP., Alsace TWP., Brecknock TWP., Lyons Borough, Maxatawny TWP., Muhlenberg TWP., and Ruscombmanor TWP., Met-Ed says.<\/p>\n
The National Weather Service has issued a Flash Flood Warning for Berks County that will remain in effect from 8 a.m. Tuesday to 2 p.m. Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Multiple rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms are expected to be seen throughout the county over the course of the day.<\/p>\n
Showers and thunderstorms are expected to increase on Tuesday morning and continue through the afternoon into the night. Rainfall rates of 1 to 2 inches per hour are possible, with 2 to 4 inches of total rainfall forecast in some locations, the National Weather Service says.<\/p>\n
The heavy rain is leading to flooding throughout the area, including in downtown Reading.<\/p>\n
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Deep water on N 2nd St in Reading – Kevin Fitzsimmons | WFMZ-TV<\/p>\n
Thunderstorms may cause excessive runoff, causing rivers, creeks, and streams to rise out of their banks. Flooding is possible in low-lying areas, locations with poor drainage, and urban areas, according to the Weather Service<\/p>\n
Residents are advised to stay alert and use caution when driving. Drivers should avoid maneuvering through flooded roadways for their safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERKS COUNTY, Pa. – According to Met-Ed, about 1,130 customers in Berks County are out of power as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":254944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[349,56144,21682,13706,35003,3687,9174,294,736,128,130,129,26351],"class_list":["post-254943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-berks-county","tag-flood-watch","tag-flooding","tag-heavy-rain","tag-met-ed","tag-national-weather-service","tag-power-outage","tag-public-safety","tag-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-thunderstorm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254943","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=254943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/254944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=254943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=254943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=254943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}