Thousands without power after severe storms in Philadelphia region
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Thousands of people are still without power across the Philadelphia region Tuesday morning after severe storms moved through Monday night, producing damaging straight-line winds and Tornado Watches and Warnings. Those weather alerts have since expired as the storms moved out to sea.
PECO says over 27,000 customers are without power as of 10:30 a.m. Many of those customers are in Chester County.
PPL Electric is reporting over 19,000 customers without power, including over 7,000 in Lehigh County, over 3,700 in Northampton and over 2,000 in Bucks County.
In Delaware, Delmarva Power says a little over 6,200 customers in Delaware are without power, down from over 21,000 last night.
Meanwhile, in New Jersey, hundreds of other customers are without power.
PSEG says about 1,600 customers are without power, including nearly 800 in Camden County.
Atlantic City Electric was reporting 132 scattered outages Tuesday afternoon.
If you currently don't have power, it's best to keep your refrigerator shut in order to preserve your food for as long as possible.
