Thousands without power in Philadelphia region following severe storms
The severe weather threat in the Philadelphia region is over, but the storms left behind plenty of damage and knocked out power for thousands in the Delaware Valley on Thursday night.
Here's a list of outages across the Philly region as of 2 p.m. on Friday.
PECO power outages
PECO customers were the hardest hit by Thursday's storms. On Thursday night, about 223,000 customers lost power in the Philadelphia area, a number that had improved to about 120,000 by Friday afternoon.
As of 2 a.m. Friday, Montgomery County had the most customers without power, with more than 37,000. Delaware County and Bucks County were close behind with over 32,000 and 30,000 customers without power, respectively.
Right after the storms moved through, as many as 20-25% of customers served in the counties were affected by the outages.
"Wind gusts of up to 70 mph brought down trees, tree branches, damaged our electric equipment. We're going to work 24/7 to get everyone back on," PECO spokesperson Tom Brubaker said.
Delmarva power outages
Delmarva Power, which provides electricity and natural gas to residents in Delaware and Maryland, was down to under 2,000 customers affected on Friday afternoon.
Overnight in New Castle County, more than 6,000 customers had lost their power.
PSE&G power outages
PSE&G provides electricity to New Jersey residents and outages numbered about 7,500 at their peak right after the storms. Numbers had fallen to under 200 by Friday afternoon.
Atlantic City Electric power outages
Atlantic City Electric has rebounded after the storms, when the utility had more than 2,000 customers without power. Friday afternoon, fewer than 30 customers were without power.
Storms knock out power at Abington Hospital
The storms on Thursday knocked out power at Jefferson Abington Hospital, according to Montgomery County dispatch.
The emergency room was closed for several hours due to the storms. The emergency room reopened Thursday night.
