{"id":278796,"date":"2026-09-04T08:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T08:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278796\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T08:08:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T08:08:12","slug":"nearly-125k-power-outages-reported-amid-severe-storms-in-western-pennsylvania-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278796\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 125K power outages reported amid severe storms in Western Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nearly 125,000 power outages have been reported to local electrical companies as a wave of severe storms passes through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Duquesne Light Company reports a total of 60,390 power outages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At this time, 57,101 of those were in Allegheny County, 3,299 power outages were reported in Beaver County and 19 were reported in Westmoreland County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Click here to report a power outage to Duquesne Light Company.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/duquesnelight.com\/outages-safety\/report-outage\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to report a power outage to Duquesne Light Company.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">West Penn Power reported 96,956 outages in all of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Those outages were listed as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Washington County &#8211; 7,546<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Westmoreland County &#8211; 46,590<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a data-ylk=\"slk:Click here to report a power outage to West Penn Power.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstenergycorp.com\/content\/customer\/outages_help\/Report_Power_Outages.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to report a power outage to West Penn Power.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Duquesne Light issued a reminder for people to avoid downed power lines.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Our crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore power after storms caused widespread damage throughout the region tonight. 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