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 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday: PECO Total customers affected: 10,638 Bucks Co. – 1,412 Chester Co. – 5,266 Delaware Co. — 454 Montgomery Co. – 3,387 Philadelphia — 119 AC Electric Total customers affected: 2,414 Atlantic Co. – 111 Burlington Co. – 35 Camden Co. – 478 Cape May Co. – less than 5 Cumberland Co. – 411 Gloucester Co. –989 Ocean Co. – 14 Salem Co. – 371 PSEG Total customers affected: 3,193 Burlington Co. – 1,424 Camden Co. – 905 Gloucester Co. – 207 Mercer Co. – 657 Delmarva Total customers affected throughout Delaware — 1,106 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: 7,830 Berks Co. — 440 Bucks Co. — 2,641 Chester Co. — 768 Lehigh Co. — 3,981 ...read more read less
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