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Thousands of customers without power as storms move through region

WFMZ.com · last updated

With severe storms making their way through parts of the 69 News region Saturday night, some residents are without power.

Around 7 p.m., Met-Ed’s outage map showed that 1,400 customers lost power in Berks County. Just over 1,000 customers in Montgomery County and more than 5,500 in Northampton County were also in the dark.

PPL also showed outages, with more than 1,300 in each of Carbon and Monroe counties; 2,000 in Montgomery County; and almost 2,400 in Northampton County.

Customers have a few options to report that they have no power.

For PPL customers, text “outage” to “TXTPPL” or report on the PPL website.

For Met-Ed customers, text “OUT” to 544487 (“LIGHTS”) or visit the Met-Ed website.

Call 911 immediately if there’s a downed wire line, and stay at least 30 feet away.

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