Philly Suburbs Dealing With Impact Of Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy's impact was still being felt Wednesday in the Philadelphia suburbs where power remained out for hundreds of thousands of people.
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Hurricane Sandy's impact was still being felt Wednesday in the Philadelphia suburbs where power remained out for hundreds of thousands of people.
One of New Jersey's largest utility companies says residents should expect power outages of a week or more once the effects of Hurricane Sandy hit the state.
The PECO Emergency Operations Command Center is a hive of activity as Hurricane Sandy inches closer to the Delaware Valley.
An elementary school in Mayfair was evacuated and dozens of students were taken to the hospital following a carbon monoxide leak on Tuesday morning.
Schools in one Montgomery County district will be closed on Wednesday due to a power outage.
Power has been restored to an apartment complex along the Ben Franklin Parkway that had been without electricity since 1 a.m. Friday.
Heavy thunderstorms carrying high winds and rain smacked New Jersey Thursday night, causing power outages around the state.
Amidst record-breaking heat, the forecast is calling for more severe storms on Saturday and Sunday in South Jersey and Delaware, and Atlantic City Electric and Delmarva warn residents to be prepared.
Utility crews in southern New Jersey continue to restore power to homes and businesses that lost electricity during severe thunderstorms that struck the region last weekend.
It was a busy night for repair crews in South Jersey. Atlantic City Electric managed to restore power to some 10,000 customers overnight.
From uprooted trees to tattered power lines, southern New Jersey bore the brunt of Friday night's storm. And three days later, much of Atlantic County remains in the dark.
Utility crews were working feverishly to restore electrical service to thousands of customers in Southern New Jersey who were still without power late Sunday night, one day after severe thunderstorms ripped through the region, causing widespread damage and power outages.
A huge clean-up and repair effort is underway in South Jersey particularly Atlantic county following Friday's violent storm and there is progress reported as of Sunday morning, according to overnight repair crews.
Utility crews in South Jersey are still working to restore electricity to more than 100,000 residences after Friday night's violent and deadly storms rocked the area, resulting in a state of emergency in Atlantic County.
The severe weather in the area is causing delays at the airport and leaving some residents without power.
Over a thousand homes in Northeast Philadelphia are without power this morning.
About 1,200 New Jersey utility customers remain without electricity more than one week after an October snowstorm slammed parts of the state.
PPL expects all of its customers to have electricity by Thursday at the latest--a week after a rare fall snow storm.
There were still a number of outages in our area following the weekend winter storm.
The latest update to area power outages are listed.
Mother Nature's October surprise snowfall has already caused tens of thousands of power outages as trees weighted down by heavy flakes topple onto power lines.
Gov. Chris Christie says the state Board of Public Utilities will hold hearings on the performance of New Jersey electric companies after Hurricane Irene.
The latest power outages reported around the Delaware Valley.
A spokesperson with the Pennsylvania Electric Company says Bucks County suffered the most power outages due to hurricane Irene. Officials say 70,000 customers are without power.
Irene is gone but not forgotten, and now residents of the Delaware Valley can begin picking up the mess she left behind.
