Heavy rain, high winds leave damage behind
By Jeff Stitt and Taylor Brown
jstitt@yourmvi.com
tbrown@yourmvi.com
Severe storms swept through the Mon Valley and surrounding areas Monday evening, leaving trees tumbled on area roadways and many residents without power.
The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh reported a chance for severe thunderstorms in the area starting around 1 p.m.
By late afternoon, strong winds hit the area and rain began to fall, bringing down trees and other debris onto power lines in several communities.
Around 3:30 p.m., Duquesne Light tweeted that as a result of alerts of high winds, extra crews were brought on duty “to help restore any outages as quickly and safely as possible.” At 5:19 p.m., the company reported 68 outages affecting 7,026 customers.
Duquesne Light’s outage map showed there were 147 customers impacted in White Oak. The website did not include a projected time for those customers’ power to be restored.
Downed trees left a portion of the Great Allegheny Passage trail closed in the Mon/Yough Valley.
“As always when it comes to this time of year, many storms come through and cause some trees to come down,” the Mon/Yough Trail Council stated in a Facebook post. “This time we are seeing some trees down on the Loop, near Christy Park Industries. Recommending to avoid the loop at this time, downriver from Boston.”
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