Hundreds without power in the Susquehanna Valley due to severe storms
POWER OUTAGES: Hundreds without power in the Susquehanna Valley
DAUPHIN COUNTY. GOOD AFTERNOON, I’M SUSAN SHAPIRO. ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG STORMS IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. AND THIS EVENING INTO IN THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY, MAKING TODAY AN IMPACT DAY. METEOROLOGIST MIKE SUSKO JOINS ME NOW WITH MORE ON THE FORECAST. MIKE. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, SUSAN, AND GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. THAT’S RIGHT. WE’RE TRACKING ANOTHER ROUND OF POTENTIALLY SOME STRONG STORMS HERE, MOSTLY SOUTH AND EAST OF I-81. THAT’S WHERE THE STRONG OR BEST CHANCE FOR SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN NOW AND ABOUT 8 P.M. THIS EVENING HERE, WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN BEING THE MAIN CONCERNS HERE. HERE’S A LOOK AT STORM TEAM LIVE RADAR NETWORK. YOU CAN SEE THOSE STORMS OFF TO THE WEST HERE BY PITTSBURGH AND ALTOONA. THAT WILL BE APPROACHING THE AREA HERE AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE AFTERNOON HOURS. AND THERE IS A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT BETWEEN 2 P.M. AND MIDNIGHT FOR DAUPHIN, LEBANON, LANCASTER AND YORK COUNTY. THAT IS WHERE WE EXPECT THE HEAVIEST OF THE RAIN TO BE. BUT IN TERMS OF SEVERE WEATHER THREATS, IN ADDITION TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING, WE COULD ALSO BE LOOKING AT SOME DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THIS WILL NOT BE LIKE WHAT WE HAD LAST WEEK. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING. HARRISBURG. RIGHT NOW. WE’VE GOT THE CLOUDS BUBBLING UP HERE AND TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE 80S, BUT IT IS HUMID OUT THERE. WE’VE GOT A LOT OF JUICE IN THE ATMOSPHERE. DEW POINTS ARE IN THE LOW 70S, SO IT IS A VERY HUMID DAY OUT THERE. AND THAT IS JUST GOING TO ADD MORE MOISTURE FOR THESE STORMS TO ACCESS AS THEY COME IN DURING THE AFTERNOON, YOU CAN SEE THE STORM CHANCES AGAIN RAMPING UP HERE IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. BUT SUSAN, ONCE WE APPROACH SUNSET, THAT’S WHEN THINGS WILL BEGIN TO CALM DOWN IN OUR AREA AND TEMPERATURES WILL BACK UP INTO THE UPPER 60S AND LOW 70S OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MIKE. PRESIDENT TRUMP IS AGAIN PUSHING BACK THE DEADLINE ON SOME TARIFFS FROM THIS WEEK TO NEXT MONTH. HE’S EXPECTED TO SEND MORE LETTERS TO COUNTRIES TODAY AFTER MAILING MORE THAN A DOZEN YESTERDAY, LETTING THEM KNOW THEIR NEW TARIFF RATES. CHRISTOPHER SALAS HAS MORE ON WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID IN THOSE LETTERS. THE PRESIDENT’S WARNING WAS BLUNT STRIKE A DEAL WITH THE UNITED STATES. NOW BY AUGUST 1ST, OR FACE NEW TARIFFS. PRESIDENT TRUMP POSTED LETTERS TO FOREIGN LEADERS ON SOCIAL MEDIA, INCLUDING TWO OF AMERICA’S TOP TRADE PARTNERS, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA. EXPLAINING HIS REASONING AND URGING THEM NOT TO RETALIATE. QUOTE. IF FOR ANY REASON YOU DECIDE TO RAISE TARIFFS, THEN WHATEVER THE NUMBER YOU CHOOSE TO RAISE THEM BY WILL BE ADDED ON TO THE 25% THAT WE CHARGE LETTERS TO OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDED SIMILAR LANGUAGE, THOUGH RATES RANGED FROM 25 TO 40%. THE TARIFFS COULD HIT BIG TICKET IMPORTS LIKE APPLIANCES, ELECTRONICS, CHEMICALS, PLASTICS AND RUBBER PRODUCTS, EXPERTS WARN THESE TARIFFS COULD RAISE PRICES, BUT THE PRESIDENT INSISTS THE MOVES WILL BRING BACK MANUFACTURING AND SPUR ECONOMIC GROWTH. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE AUGUST 1ST DEADLINE IS NOT NECESSARILY FINAL. I WOULD SAY FIRM NO, I WOULD SAY FIRM, BUT NOT 100% FIRM. IF THEY CALL UP AND THEY SAY WE’D LIKE TO DO SOMETHING A DIFFERENT WAY, WE’RE GOING TO BE OPEN TO THAT. BUT ESSENTIALLY THAT’S THE WAY IT IS RIGHT NOW. THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS NEW DEALS COULD BE ANNOUNCED IN THE COMING DAYS, BUT UNTIL THEN, THE CLOCK IS TICKING ON THIS NEW DEADLINE IN WASHINGTON. CHRISTOPHER SALAS WGAL NEWS 8. TONIGHT ON NEWS EIGHT AT TEN AND 11, IF I’M EVER PROMOTING THAT MYTH, IF I’M EVER PROMOTING THIS LIE ABOUT THE ELECTION, ALL THESE LIES THAT TRUMP PROMOTES, I’M PROMOTING VIOLENCE. AFTER PRESIDENT TRUMP PARDONED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WHO TOOK PART IN THE JANUARY 6TH INSURRECTION. JASON RIDDLE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE REFUSED TO TAKE THAT. TONIGHT, RIDDLE SHARES HIS REASON BEHIND HIS DECISION AND HIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS CONVICTED IN THE CAPITOL ATTACK. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DAUPHIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER SAYS HE’S LOOKING INTO A POSSIBLE RUN FOR U.S. CONGRESS. DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN JUSTIN DOUGLAS, A DEMOCRAT, SAYS HE’S LAUNCHING AN EXPLORATORY COMMITTEE TO TEST THE WATERS FOR A POTENTIAL RUN IN THE PENNSYLVANIA 10TH DISTRICT. THE DISTRICT INCLUDES DAUPHIN COUNTY AND PARTS OF CUMBERLAND AND YORK COUNTIES, AND IS CURRENTLY REPRESENTED BY SCOTT PERRY. DOUGLAS WAS ELECTED COMMISSIONER IN 2023. YOU KNOW, THERE’S A LOT OF UNFINISHED BUSINESS IN DAUPHIN COUNTY. I’M NOT GOING TO LIE. I WANT TO I WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT WORK THROUGH. I DO THINK AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, I’LL HAVE SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO CONTINUE ON THAT WORK. AND A SPOKESMAN SAYS PERRY IS EXPECTED TO RUN FOR REELECTION. HE’S BEEN ENDORSED BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, HIS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT. LAST NOVEMBER, FORMER NEWS EIGHT ANCHOR JANELLE STELSON IS EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE THIS MONTH WHETHER SHE WILL RUN AGAIN. AND TWO MORE PEOPLE SAY THEY PLAN TO RUN FOR MAYOR OF LANCASTER. JAMIE ARROYO WON THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION IN THE MAY PRIMARY, AND INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE J.S. WOODY CHANDLER AND GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE TONY DYKSTRA SAY THEY PLAN TO RUN IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. CASTRO IS THE FORMER LANCASTER HOME RULE COMMISSIONER. CHANDLER RAN FOR MAYOR IN 2013 AND 2017. A FIERY CRASH SHUT DOWN PART OF ROUTE 462, IN HELLAM TOWNSHIP, YORK COUNTY. DISPATCHERS SAY TWO CARS WERE INVOLVED IN THE CRASH AROUND NINE THIS MORNING AT STRICKLER SCHOOL ROAD, AND ONE CAUGHT FIRE. FOUR PEOPLE WERE TRAPPED IN THE VEHICLES AND WERE INJURED AND SOME WERE TRAPPED. WE DON’T KNOW THEIR CONDITIONS AT THIS POINT. HELLAM TOWNSHIP POLICE AND STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. EPHRATA POLICE SAY A STABBING LAST NIGHT WAS A SELF-INFLICTED STABBING. IT HAPPENED AROUND 11:00 ON WEST MAIN STREET. A DAUPHIN COUNTY MAN IS CHARGED WITH ARSON, ACCUSED OF SETTING FIRE TO HIS OWN MOBILE HOME. THE FIRE STARTED AROUND 330 YESTERDAY MORNING AT JOHN ASH’S HOME ON PICNIC ROAD IN LYKENS TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY ESH CALLED STATE POLICE ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE THE FIRE, SAYING, QUOTE, I’M GOING TO DO IT. I DON’T KNOW HOW BIG THE BLAST IS GOING TO BE. THEY SAY HE THEN DISCONNECTED THE PROPANE LINE TO HIS HOT WATER HEATER, TURNED ON THE STOVE BURNER AND LEFT THE HOME. A MAN IS IN CUSTODY CHARGED WITH A SHOOTING OVER THE WEEKEND IN STEELTON, DAUPHIN COUNTY. KENNETH COX IS CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND A GUN VIOLATION AFTER POLICE SAY HE FIRED 13 SHOTS SUNDAY MORNING IN THIS AREA AND HIT A MAN IN THE LEG. DISTRICT ATTORNEY FRAN CHARDO SAYS OFFICERS SHOT COX AFTER THEY BELIEVED HE POINTED HIS GUN AT THEM NEAR THE SOUL LOUNGE CAFE. THE MAYOR OF STEELTON ORDERED THE BUSINESS CLOSED, AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. I QUITE UNDERSTAND WHY SHE’S TAKING THIS. THIS STEP SO THAT THERE’S NOT A SECOND VIOLENT ACT IN THIS, IN THIS PLACE. THE MAYOR SAYS THE ORDER IS IN EFFECT UNTIL BOROUGH COUNCIL IS FORMALLY BRIEFED ABOUT THE SHOOTING. NEWS EIGHT HAS CONFIRMED THAT A MAN CHARGED WITH GIVING ALCOHOL TO A MINOR IS A POLICE OFFICER IN YORK COUNTY. ACCORDING TO CHARGING DOCUMENTS, ELIAS MARTINEZ AND HIS WIFE SHAE GAVE ALCOHOL TO CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 15 AND 17 FROM JULY OF 2023 AND LAST OCTOBER AT THEIR HOME IN DILLSBURG. COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW ELIAS WAS THE BASEBALL COACH FOR AT LEAST TWO OF THE TEENAGERS. THE CARROLL TOWNSHIP POLICE CHIEF SAYS THE OFFICER HAS BEEN PLACED ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE. PRELIMINARY
POWER OUTAGES: Hundreds without power in the Susquehanna Valley
Hundreds are without power in the Susquehanna Valley after severe storms hit the area. Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8. All outages were last updated at 11:30 p.m. PPL is reporting the following outages: Dauphin CountyTotal outages: 31Harrisburg: 25Middle Paxton Township: 5Mifflin Township: 1 Lancaster CountyTotal outages: 76Brecknock Township: 25Caernarvon Township: 15 Colerain Township: 1 Ephrata Township: 2 Manor Township: 11Pequea Township: 4Salisbury Township: 15 West Cocalico Township: 1West Lampeter Township: 2 York CountyTotal outages: 21Fairview Township: 21Met-Ed is reporting the following outages: York CountyTotal outages: 46Chanceford Township: 4Dover Borough: 12Dover Township: 6Hellam Township: 16Newberry Township: 2Springettsbury Township: 2Springfield Township: 1Warrington Township: 2West Manchester Township: 1
Hundreds are without power in the Susquehanna Valley after severe storms hit the area.
Video above: Headlines from WGAL News 8.
All outages were last updated at 11:30 p.m.
PPL is reporting the following outages:
Dauphin County
Total outages: 31
- Harrisburg: 25
- Middle Paxton Township: 5
- Mifflin Township: 1
Lancaster County
Total outages: 76
- Brecknock Township: 25
- Caernarvon Township: 15
- Colerain Township: 1
- Ephrata Township: 2
- Manor Township: 11
- Pequea Township: 4
- Salisbury Township: 15
- West Cocalico Township: 1
- West Lampeter Township: 2
York County
Total outages: 21
Met-Ed is reporting the following outages:
York County
Total outages: 46
- Chanceford Township: 4
- Dover Borough: 12
- Dover Township: 6
- Hellam Township: 16
- Newberry Township: 2
- Springettsbury Township: 2
- Springfield Township: 1
- Warrington Township: 2
- West Manchester Township: 1