Severe thunderstorms knocked out power for thousands of people in the Pittsburgh area ahead of Labor Day weekend, and more storms were on the way.
On Sept. 3, thunderstorms brought high wind gusts and heavy rainfall to much of Western Pennsylvania. In Pittsburgh, the storms broke the precipitation record for the day and left many without power into the morning of Sept. 4, when more storms were expected to roll in by the afternoon and evening.
Here’s what to know.
How many people are without power in Pittsburgh after Thursday storms?
At 8:15 a .m. Sept. 4, 23, Duquesne Light Company reported 133 customers in Allegheny and Beaver counties were without power, according to the company’s outage map. Statewide, PennPower reported 84,804 outages.
Severe storms likely on Friday in Pittsburgh, according to NWS forecast
Pittsburgh was likely to see severe weather again on Sept. 4, with the possibility of thunderstorms, damaging winds, hail and localized flooding in the afternoon and evening, according to Pittsburgh’s National Weather Service office…