Power Still Out To Thousands

November 28, 2022 5:41 am

Some two-thousand customers throughout Washington County are still experiencing the effects of strong storms that rolled through the region Sunday afternoon and left behind damage in several municipalities. The National Weather Service says they received reports of golf ball sized hail that damaged homes and vehicles in California, Long Branch and Stockdale Borough (pictured). In Donora, fire officials reported several sheared off utility poles from wind damage and in Monessen their were reports of quarter-sized hail.  The storms knocked out power to many locations and even though West Penn Power crews spent most of  Monday making repairs, more than two-thousand customers remain without electricity and the company tells us that it may late Tuesday before it is restored.  The hardest hit areas appear to be East Bethlehem Township and Centerville Borough.  About 180 customers in Greene County and more than 170 In Fayette County were also without service. It’s unclear when those customers can expect to have their power restored. (PHOTO: Glady Beveridge)