More than 1,800 PPL customers remained without power Sunday morning after strong storms moved through Schuylkill County late Saturday night into early Sunday morning.
The storms brought heavy rain and gusty winds that knocked down trees and wires across parts of the county, leading to scattered outages.

According to PPL, crews were working Sunday to restore service, with many outages expected to be repaired throughout the day. Some customers may not have power restored until as late as 11:00pm Sunday.

As of Sunday morning, PPL reported the following outages in Schuylkill County:

Blythe Township – 2 customers affectedButler Township – 162 customers affectedCass Township – 72 customers affectedEast Brunswick Township – 53 customers affectedHubley Township – 9 customers affectedNorth Manheim Township – 37 customers affectedPottsville – 15 customers affectedSchuylkill Township – 395 customers affectedSouth Manheim Township – 1 customer affectedTamaqua Borough – 12 customers affectedTremont Borough – 1,068 customers affectedTremont Township – 1 customer affectedUnion Township – 4 customers affectedWashington Township – 2 customers affectedWest Penn Township – 5 customers affected

In total, approximately 1,838 customers were affected by the outages as of 10:15am.

Residents are reminded to stay away from any downed wires and report outages or hazards directly to PPL.