{"id":95509,"date":"2026-01-24T11:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/95509\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T11:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T11:20:06","slug":"philadelphia-snow-storm-emergency-contacts-for-downed-trees-power-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/95509\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia snow storm: Emergency contacts for downed trees, power lines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? <a href=\"#Section1\">Let us know!<\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>As the Philadelphia region prepares for a massive winter storm, state and local emergency management officials are encouraging residents to be prepared.\n<\/p>\n<p>Forecasters say the combination of heavy snow followed by sleet and freezing rain could result in downed trees and power outages, among other issues.\n<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s what to know about who to contact for which scenarios:\n  <\/p>\n<p>Key numbers to know<\/p>\n<p>911: Life-threatening emergencies<br \/>\n211: Shelter, food, utilities and recovery resources<br \/>\n988: Mental health crises<\/p>\n<p>Pennsylvania officials urge residents to only call 911 for life-threatening incidents like vehicle crashes or serious medical situations. If residents are unable to call 911, they may text 911 instead.\n<\/p>\n<p>PECO<\/p>\n<p>PECO outages can be <a href=\"http:\/\/track.peco.com\/ls\/click?upn=u001.9OjG2jtWKOGMfXfuQyUgYpoKSU4aaphguGduApPSHDA7AalmO-2BUpI2yYZpG1eV40wWY-2FOmEUlTQVxU8V6Qv4ffz76i8QhQsLklphL6PKVd4-3DClRm_MDhqy64ryxqyT-2FY2SIckiTAmFhqKknwJwUgmDNb9MuORUJQfHIJTimQIRXDsbLPM341TRc-2BkQth0jCgcjguoVGPWRE6anW473fNT-2Bd7-2F6O8P9RD4xuAiYNJlK1CtnWiWx7mz5zQpaXxUwjzLYsT8uX-2BNun88w9Q9Zhdt-2FByL-2Fgwpgb6I8-2FF4SVLS3DtqgC-2F-2FrlBuwfmOQq5d8CQgT0TPoJxQhXwqXBJTL7SnwgMpKFeHJENTAV5u2tEuE29yyYZaXTf96XbLfYx9-2FShccXS40M-2Fd9lH1aY-2FKCPIKq-2BxzOsrAJqk5sbqtvHUcWubfOgSmm9SGgZ79uQUiEF2aqZeUpQ-3D-3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reported online<\/a>, by using the <a href=\"http:\/\/track.peco.com\/ls\/click?upn=u001.sFNy-2F4uBI1W-2BjLGzASfP2FqhW65N-2F6MTn7qOzib-2FxdNS8OkOBLUHn4dDJ8mWAecZ6cHotgYsC4AlyG7qrxD23NEH-2Fj9SnLdg2f3I1ZnaeWU-3DNt-O_MDhqy64ryxqyT-2FY2SIckiTAmFhqKknwJwUgmDNb9MuORUJQfHIJTimQIRXDsbLPM341TRc-2BkQth0jCgcjguoVGPWRE6anW473fNT-2Bd7-2F6O8P9RD4xuAiYNJlK1CtnWiWx7mz5zQpaXxUwjzLYsT8uX-2BNun88w9Q9Zhdt-2FByL-2Fgwpgb6I8-2FF4SVLS3DtqgC-2F-2FrlBuwfmOQq5d8CQgT0TPoC9FGD-2FGkEJ4gcUQehorKDbS3yO1BWuIi2d7n7uf-2BH-2F5GGe5SzNU0osDbiei6-2Bpmsn3JdEFcvJjrO7rdeST3gRiwGPiggqYUF1vBuomZpWcvn3rqGKgL-2BnjYXhaLQLuDww-3D-3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PECO mobile app<\/a>, by texting ADDOUTAGE to MYPECO (697326) or by calling PECO directly at 1-800-841-4141.\n<\/p>\n<p>Residents who smell natural gas or see downed power lines are urged to leave the area immediately and call 1-800-841-4141.\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[12560,69,71,70,2138,14834,25973],"class_list":{"0":"post-95509","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-peco","9":"tag-philadelphia","10":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","11":"tag-philadelphia-news","12":"tag-power-outages","13":"tag-snow","14":"tag-snowstorm"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95509","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=95509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}