Strong winds knock down trees, power lines around Philadelphia area
Tuesday night's windy weather led to several trees falling across the Philadelphia region.
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Tuesday night's windy weather led to several trees falling across the Philadelphia region.
Areas in Delaware County, Pennsylvania and parts of South Jersey appeared hardest hit by storms that rolled through the area Thursday into Friday.
Fast-moving thunderstorms packing heavy rain, high winds and pockets of large hail swept through parts of South Jersey Thursday night and Friday morning. The storms toppled some trees and scattered branches and debris, flooded some roads and knocked out power to many across the area.
Delaware County and Gloucester and Camden counties were two of the hardest hit areas after strong storms swept through the Philadelphia region Thursday night into Friday. Ray Strickland reports.
The severe weather left a trail of damage and disruption across the Philadelphia area Wednesday evening.
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The region is feeling the effects of Tuesday's fast-moving storms, and thousands of customers are dealing with outages after strong winds downed trees and power lines.
Powerful, fast-moving storms downed trees and power lines across the Delaware Valley Tuesday night. The National Weather Service in Mount Holly, New Jersey said it received multiple reports of wind damage in eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and that "severe downbursts/macrobursts (straight-line wind) have occurred."
The excessive heat warning remains in effect for Philadelphia and the surrounding suburbs until Wednesday night, and feels like temps will hit triple digits again. Another round of potentially severe storms fires up later this afternoon, with the biggest threats being heavy rain, strong winds and possibly large hail.
Cape May City Hall shut down for the day after the building was struck by lightning during an electrical storm Friday morning, the city's Office of Emergency Management said.
A home and a Starbucks in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, were damaged by fallen trees during storms overnight.
Storms that rolled through the Lehigh Valley and New Jersey on Wednesday night knocked out power for thousands of customers.
PPL Electric and Met-Ed are reporting thousands of people are without power Thursday morning in the Lehigh Valley after strong storms hit the region.
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It's been three days since Monday's storms devastated parts of the Philadelphia area and the clean-up continues.
Delaware County officials say more than 500 people called 911 during the storm.
A Delaware County animal rescue is leaning on the community to help them rebuild after suffering damage from recent storms.
A Delaware County animal rescue is leaning on the community to help them rebuild after suffering damage from recent storms.
The National Weather Service sent a team to Allentown on Tuesday and determined there was a tornado, Jan Carabeo reports.
Cleanup is underway after a powerful storm walloped portions of Delaware County.
Cleanup efforts continue across the city of Allentown. CBS News Philadelphia was on the scene talking to concerned neighbors as they try to pick up the pieces of their neighborhood.
Monday night's storms packed a punch in Delaware County. High winds snapped trees that fell onto houses and cars and power was knocked out all across the region.
