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Thousands without power in Philadelphia region following severe storms

Thousands without power in Philadelphia region following severe storms

CBS News6 hours ago

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.
PECO power outages
PECO customers were the hardest hit by Thursday's storms, as 247,293 customers lost power in the Philadelphia area.
Bucks County had the most customers lose power with 68,664. Montgomery County and Delaware County were also in the 60,000s.
Montco had 62,997 customers lose power, while Delco had 63,480 without power following the storms.
Demarva power outages
Delmarva Power, which provides electricity and natural gas to residents in Delaware and Maryland, had thousands of customers without power.
In New Castle County, more than 7,000 customers lost their power.
PSEG power outages
Public Service Enterprise Group provides electric to New Jersey residents, and the company had nearly 13,000 customers without power due to the storms.
Mercer County had more than 8,000 customers without power, while Burlington County had about 2,800 customers with no electric.
Atlantic City Electric power outages
Atlantic City Electric had more than 4,000 customers without power.
Cumberland County was the hardest hit, with roughly 2,500 customers losing power.

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