Thousands Still Without Power Following Windstorm

Crews from Penelec and Claverack are still working to restore power to thousands of customers who lost electricity as a result of the high winds that hit the region on Wednesday, Nov. 5.

As of 1:30 p.m. this afternoon, Penelec reported a total of 617 customers without power in Bradford County, 865 customers without power in Susquehanna County, 1,453 customers without power in Wyoming County, and 196 customers without power in Sullivan County.

For Claverack, the cooperative is reporting that there are 67 outages impacting a total of 1,069 customers within its service area.

The high winds brought trees down across the region Wednesday evening.

In Wilmot Township, wind gusts were recorded as high as 58 miles per hour.

The power outages resulted in the closures on Thursday of the Wyalusing offices for the Endless Mountains Heritage Region and Hilltop Services, and Mark’s Valley View in Tuscarora Township for the day.

The Cargill plant in Wyalusing Township announced that it was suspending production on Thursday due to the plant being without power.

Production is expected to resume on Friday, according to information from company officials.

The National Weather Service in Binghamton has northeast PA under a high wind watch this afternoon with gusts of up to 60 miles per hour possible.