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Wicked Blue

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Wed Apr 30, 2025, 03:54 PM Apr 30

At least 4 people killed in Pennsylvania following severe storms [View all]

Source: NBC

Severe storms rolled through Pennsylvania on Tuesday evening, killing at least four people, knocking down trees and leaving hundreds of thousands without power.

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Wind gusts were over 80 to 90 mph during the storm, the National Weather Service in Pittsburgh said. Photos posted on social media showed uprooted trees and downed power lines.

A team was out in Wilkinsburg in Allegheny County to survey "potential tornado damage," the National Weather Service said in a post on X.

Across central and western Pennsylvania, nearly 430,000 customers remained without power early Wednesday afternoon, according to poweroutage.us. A majority of the outages happened in Allegheny County, where almost 231,000 customers continue to be without power.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/least-2-people-killed-pennsylvania-severe-storms-rcna203706

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