BERKS COUNTY, Pa. \u2013 Met-Ed crews are still hard at work cleaning up damage after this week’s storms.<\/p>\n
Berks County was one of the areas hardest hit, so much so that Met-Ed says it had to bring in external crews to help.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also shifted crews from some of our sister utilities across the state to help make that restoration effort a little quicker,” said Bridget McNie, spokesperson for Met-Ed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The power company is still working to return electricity to customers in the Berks area. At the height of the storm, it had more than 18,000 outages statewide.<\/p>\n
“Our crews have been dealing with with downed trees, broken poles and crossarms, damaged wire that needs to be replaced,” McNie said.<\/p>\n
Power crews aren’t the only crews hard at work \u2014 restoration crews are also busy at homes like Brenda Dark’s in Alsace Township.<\/p>\n
“This has been the worst summer storm,\u201d Dark said.<\/p>\n
Jon Fetzer, a field supervisor for Berks Fire Water Restorations, says it’s a good idea to take a closer look at trees close to your home.<\/p>\n
“Just be watchful,\u201d Fetzer said. \u201cI mean, it’s still the middle of the summer. We can get a lot more of these storms.”<\/p>\n