{"id":266611,"date":"2026-08-17T00:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266611\/"},"modified":"2026-08-17T00:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T00:16:10","slug":"thousands-without-power-after-severe-storms-in-western-pa-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/266611\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands without power after severe storms in Western Pa. Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands without power after heavy downpours, storms in Western Pa. Sunday<\/p>\n

\"Caitlyn<\/p>\n

Thousands were left without power Sunday evening after heavy downpours and storms came through Western Pennsylvania. <\/p>\n

West Penn Power’s outage map <\/a>showed thousands of its customers without power throughout several counties.<\/p>\n

As of 6 p.m., the outages reported are as follows per county: <\/p>\n

Westmoreland–13,627Fayette–1,728Washington–2,027Allegheny– 1,651Cambria– 1,863Greene– 992 <\/p>\n

Duquesne Light Company <\/a>said 3,814 customers in Allegheny County and 2,043 customers in Beaver County were without power. <\/p>\n

The outages come as Western Pennsylvania remains under a Flood Watch until Monday morning. <\/p>\n

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