Mar 17, 2026
After a severe storm brought strong winds and a downpour of rain to the region late Monday and overnight into Tuesday, neighbors were working to deal with the fallout from the storm in the morning. In the early hours of Tuesday, just before 5 a.m., NBC10’s camera found a car along Sorrento Road at Conshohocken Avenue in Philly’s Wynnefield Heights section that had been trapped after a tree uprooted in the high winds and crashed down overnight. But, there were impacts from the storm felt across the region. In Voorhees, New Jersey, a large tree fell on Cooper Road, blocking the roadway at Rollingwood and Eastwood drives early Tuesday. And, in Deptford, New Jersey, power lines fell onto Highland Avenue in the high winds, sparking a fire. NBC10’s camera captured shots of fire crews extinguishing that fire overnight. And, in Lehigh County, the roof of a home along Devonshire Road in Allentown was blown off in the high winds. Following last night’s storm, officials across the region were telling people to stay alert during their morning commute on Tuesday as there could be additional downed trees and wires all across the region. Power outages due to storm Also, thousands of residents throughout the region were without power on Tuesday morning because of the overnight storm. Here’s a look at reported outages as of about 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday: PECO Total customers affected: 15,465 Bucks Co. – 2,106 Chester Co. – 7,833 Delaware Co. — 560 Montgomery Co. – 4,804 Philadelphia — 102 AC Electric Total customers affected: 3,560 Atlantic Co. – 108 Burlington Co. – 137 Camden Co. – 1,069 Cape May Co. – 18 Cumberland Co. – 520 Gloucester Co. –1,224 Ocean Co. – 42 Salem Co. – 442 PSEG Total customers affected: 9,447 Burlington Co. – 2,763 Camden Co. – 657 Gloucester Co. – 592 Mercer Co. – 4,595 Middlesex Co. — 840 Delmarva Total customers affected: 1,216 Kent Co. – 356 New Castle Co. – 858 Sussex Co. – Fewer than 5 Met-Ed Total customers affected: 17,627 Berks Co. — 12,068 Bucks Co. — 1,274 Chester Co. — 1,298 Montgomery Co. — 2,987 PPL Total customers affected: 12,844 Berks Co. — 427 Bucks Co. — 2,183 Chester Co. — 605 Lehigh Co. — 5,352 Montgomery Co. — 74 Northampton Co. — 4,203 ...read more read less
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