National Guard Assists In Storm Clean Up

The Pennsylvania National Guard is on limited state active duty to assist with storm clean up Wednesday.

The storms caused downed trees, and flooding. More than 150,000 residents are without power, and may be until Friday.

The National Weather Service said a tornado was responsible for some the storm damage seen in Mercer County Monday.

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Two more people are dead as a result of widespread flooding in northeast Ohio.

Heavy rains caused waters to rise rapidly. Two people died in a flooded garage Tuesday, raising the death toll to three.

Many others have been forced form their homes and streets have been closed.

Overnight, local crews were hard at work restoring power to customers left in the dark by this week's severe weather.

Duquesne Light has restored power to all of its customers without service.

There are still about 7,000 Penn Power customers without electricity. They are in Mercer and Greenville.

More than 1,900 Allegheny Power customers are in the dark. Crews said service should be restored by 8 p.m. Wednesday.

And folks in Armstrong County are being asked to conserve water.

The Kittaning Suburban Joint Water Authority issued the alert Wednesday because a treatment plant is without power.

Customers in the affected areas are: North Buffalo Township, East Franklin Township, Cadogan Township, Sugarcreek Township and Washington Township.

Officials said Armstrong County could have their power back on by 7:30 p.m.