{"id":276950,"date":"2026-09-02T01:24:42","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T01:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276950\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T01:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T01:24:42","slug":"thousands-lose-power-across-region-as-storms-roll-through-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/276950\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands lose power across region as storms roll through | Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bulletin: The National Weather Service in State College has issued a<\/p>\n<p>* Flash Flood Warning for&#8230;<br \/>\nSouthwestern Schuylkill County in central Pennsylvania&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>* Until 1015 PM EDT.<\/p>\n<p>* At 714 PM EDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated<br \/>\nthunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between<br \/>\n1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up<br \/>\nto 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is<br \/>\nongoing or expected to begin shortly.<\/p>\n<p>HAZARD&#8230;Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE&#8230;Radar and automated gauges.<\/p>\n<p>IMPACT&#8230;Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,<br \/>\nhighways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor<br \/>\ndrainage and low-lying areas.<\/p>\n<p>* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include&#8230;<br \/>\nPottsville, Schuylkill Haven, Minersville, Valley View, Pine Grove,<br \/>\nTremont, Tower City, Friedensburg, Lavelle, Marlin, Forrestville,<br \/>\nBranchdale, Seltzer, Donaldson, Heckscherville, Buck Run, Beurys<br \/>\nLake, Lake Wynonah and Cressona.<\/p>\n<p>PRECAUTIONARY\/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Turn around, don&#8217;t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood<br \/>\ndeaths occur in vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.<\/p>\n<p>&amp;&amp;<\/p>\n<p>FLASH FLOOD&#8230;RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED<\/p>\n<p>Info: <\/p>\n<p>Type: Flash Flood Warning<\/p>\n<p>start_time_local: 2026-09-01T19:14:00-04:00<\/p>\n<p>end_time_local: 2026-09-01T22:15:00-04:00<\/p>\n<p>county_name: Schuylkill County<\/p>\n<p>state: PA<\/p>\n<p>headline: Flash Flood Warning from TUE 7:14 PM EDT until TUE 10:15 PM EDT<\/p>\n<p>county_fips: <\/p>\n<p>category: Met<\/p>\n<p>url: <\/p>\n<p>urgency: Immediate<\/p>\n<p>severity: Severe<\/p>\n<p>certainty: Likely<\/p>\n<p>geographicname: Schuylkill County<\/p>\n<p>state_name: Pennsylvania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bulletin: The National Weather Service in State College has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for&#8230; Southwestern Schuylkill&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276951,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[153,155,154,7753,6753,35003,13380,9174,116081,6740,26351,16428,1133],"class_list":["post-276950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-electricity","tag-emergency","tag-met-ed","tag-outage","tag-power-outage","tag-ppl-utilities","tag-storm","tag-thunderstorm","tag-utility","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276950","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=276950"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276950\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}