PECO Crews Help Many Customers, But Not All See The Light
Heading into the overnight hours, the utility was reporting just over 20,000 remaining outages, a significant drop from Saturday.
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Heading into the overnight hours, the utility was reporting just over 20,000 remaining outages, a significant drop from Saturday.
An arctic cold front moving through the Delaware Valley tonight continues to bring a period of steady snow.
Hundreds of PECO customers -- now in their fifth day with no electricity -- showed up for face-to-face sessions the utility set up in the hardest hit suburbs.
A little Alberta clipper has a Sunday afternoon trip planned for the Delaware Valley. It is packing light, with a relatively measly 1–3" of snow expected.
Tens of thousands of PECO customers were happy and warm Saturday night, but, there's still many more people throughout the area who are still in the dark.
A few weak disturbances will move through providing some scattered snow shower chances overnight.
Tens of thousands of customers remain without power in the Philadelphia area, days after a winter storm coated trees and electrical lines with ice.
From driving snow that crippled traffic and caused accidents, to an ice storm that left more than a half million people in our region in the dark, the cost of this winter could be tallied in varied ways including serious inconveniences.
A big step up from a portable generator, a standby generator is wired into the home's main electrical service and will power the whole house.
"Mother Nature had a little hissy fit, and we are seeing a lot of crazy stuff out there," says Tony Hoffman, owner of Ace Public Adjusters, in Northeast Philadelphia.
If you have your passport ready, you can be on your way within hours, says Jeannie Sabaroff, team leader at Liberty Travel, at 16th and Chestnut Streets in center city Philadelphia.
Check here to see if your community event has been canceled due to the weather.
Philadelphia has received over 40 inches of snow this winter and is currently less than 3" away from entering the top 10 list of all time record winter seasons.
In the wake of Tuesday's crippling ice storm, the worst winter storm in PECO's history with well more than half a million powerless, many remain away from their homes due to lack of heat. And the chill isn't departing the area anytime soon, with Arctic high pressure in control through the end of the week. Temperatures tonight dip into the 20's, and barely get above freezing tomorrow - a bit of melting, perhaps, but not enough to rid the area of much snow or ice.
The exhausting wintry weather we've experienced this year will relax for just another day before more snow arrives this weekend.
Diners at Hurley's American Grille in Horsham say they are coping the best they can without power at home.
Across the Delaware Valley, around 50 people have been sickened by carbon monoxide fumes as of Thursday afternoon, with Chester County leading the way.
Some Delaware Valley residents whose homes have no electricity due to the ice storm are wrestling with additional woes: no heat and, if they get their water from a well, no water.
With scores of accidents all over the region because of traffic lights not operating due to the power outages, law enforcement officials have a safety reminder for you.
Greater Philadelphia area residents without power are finding novel ways to keep things running close to normal.
More than a hundred people spent the night at the Lionville Middle School before a larger shelter opened at West Chester University.
Check here to see if your community event has been canceled due to the weather.
In the wake of an ice storm that dumped up to a full HALF INCH of ice on portions of the region, many people this evening are without heat and electricity as temperatures plummet into the 20's.
If you're among the hundreds of thousands of people around the Delaware Valley trying to cope without electricity, there are some steps you can take to deal with it.
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Detectives in Northeast Philadelphia are investigating an arson at the Walmart store on Roosevelt Boulevard.
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Detectives in Northeast Philadelphia are investigating an arson at the Walmart store on Roosevelt Boulevard.
Police in Philadelphia are looking for a man they say vandalized a statue outside of the city's Jewish museum.
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Detectives in Northeast Philadelphia are investigating an arson at the Walmart store on Roosevelt Boulevard.
Police in Philadelphia are looking for a man they say vandalized a statue outside of the city's Jewish museum.
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While Tuesday will be hot, the humidity levels in the region will be lower, making for a good day to head to the pool or beach.
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Customers lined up to support Somerdale Cold Cuts as it reopened after a copper theft.
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