Overview
- PPL cut statewide outages from about 29,000 Friday night to roughly 16,500 by Saturday morning and listed 11 p.m. Saturday as the target for central Pennsylvania.
- PECO said about 5,602 customers in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties were still without service early Saturday afternoon after restoring power to about 93% of affected lines.
- PECO reported roughly 80,000 homes lost power at the peak and brought in 135 employees from Virginia and North Carolina to accelerate restoration.
- Wind gusts reached 68 mph at Harrisburg International Airport, and frequent gusts above 40 mph limited the safe use of bucket trucks, according to PECO.
- Tree damage caused injuries and property damage, including a vehicle struck in Roxborough that sent two people to the hospital and a separate car hit in Tredyffrin Township that brought down lines.