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Customers left without power following strong storms in Pittsburgh area

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UPDATE SUNDAY 7:30 A.M.:

Duquesne Light Company reports 31 outages, all from a single event in Penn Hills. Power is expected to be restored by 11:30 a.m.

West Penn Power is still reporting over 1,000 customers with out power across the region. Of those outages, over 500 are in Westmoreland County, over 350 are in Indiana County and over 100 are in Mercer County.


UPDATE 11:30 P.M.: West Penn Power reports about 2,500 customers impacted, with about 1,000 in Westmoreland County and about 900 in Indiana County.

Duquesne Light Co. reports fewer than 150 customers without power.


Thousands of customers are without power following strong storms in the Pittsburgh area.

As of 10:30 p.m., Duquesne Light Co. reports more than 1,600 customers impacted by outages.

More than 1,500 of those are in the 15239 area code, primarily covering Plum Borough.

Click here to report an outage to Duquesne Light Co.

West Penn Power reports more than 4,200 customers without electricity in our local counties.

More than 2,400 of those are in Westmoreland County, while more than 900 are in Indiana County.

Click here to report an outage to West Penn Power.

Both Duquesne Light Co. and FirstEnergy said they increased staffing to quickly respond to outages caused by the storms.

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