{"id":278964,"date":"2026-09-04T13:44:08","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278964\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T13:44:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T13:44:08","slug":"cleanup-underway-after-severe-storms-rip-through-western-pennsylvania-leaving-thousands-without-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278964\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleanup underway after severe storms rip through western Pennsylvania, leaving thousands without power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cleanup efforts are underway throughout Pittsburgh-area communities after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/news\/more-storms-possible-on-thursday-in-the-pittsburgh-area-along-with-high-heat-first-alert-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">severe weather moved through the region<\/a> Thursday, leaving thousands of people without power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/video\/intense-rain-and-wind-hit-pittsburgh-area-leaving-path-of-destruction\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">storms ripped through the area<\/a>, cars were left submerged in water, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/video\/destructive-storms-batter-pittsburgh-area\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">debris was scattered<\/a> across roads, and trees and power lines were strewn about multiple communities.<\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service issued several tornado warnings as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/pittsburgh\/video\/tracking-severe-weather-after-intense-winds-batter-pittsburgh-area\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">destructive winds and torrential rain<\/a> hit the region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Oakmont Borough issues state of emergency<\/p>\n<p>A state of emergency was issued for Oakmont Borough late Thursday after the storms left behind a large amount of damage, including uprooted trees.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/img-7321.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"img-7321.jpg \" height=\"465\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  A large tree was uprooted in the area of Maryland Avenue and 10th Street in Oakmont Borough.<\/p>\n<p>                KDKA Photojournalist Brian Smithmyer<\/p>\n<p>The Oakmont Volunteer Fire Department urged people to stay inside and avoid unncessary travel until further notice.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cleanup efforts are underway throughout Pittsburgh-area communities after severe weather moved through the region Thursday, leaving thousands of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7554,28,30,29,1522],"class_list":["post-278964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-first-alert-weather","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-severe-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278964","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=278964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}