{"id":282806,"date":"2026-09-10T07:44:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:44:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/282806\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T07:44:27","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T07:44:27","slug":"nearly-3k-people-without-power-as-heavy-downpours-pass-through-pittsburgh-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/282806\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 3K people without power as heavy downpours pass through Pittsburgh area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Nearly 3,000 people are without power as heavy downpours pass through the Pittsburgh region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">According to Duquesne Light Company, 2,859 customers are without electricity. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Of those, 2,646 are in Allegheny County and 213 are in Beaver County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/duquesnelight.com\/outages-safety\/report-outage\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/duquesnelight.com\/outages-safety\/report-outage\">Click here to report a power outage to Duquesne Light Company.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">At this time, West Penn Power is reporting fewer power outages locally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">The highest number of outages reported to West Penn Power is 79 in Allegheny County. 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