In the Northeast, the United States and Canada, storms leave thousands without electricity
At least four people were killed in Pennsylvania Tuesday, after harsh weather, thousands of customers tore up the High Plains and the Upper West earlier this week without electricity.
David Lepinsky, 59, died after being electrostatically electrostatically on the site, according to the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Another 67-year-old resident, Raymond Gordon, was fatally attacked after a tree exploded when he returned to his home, according to the Rose Town Police Department near Pittsburgh.
In Central County, Pennsylvania, a 22-year-old man was killed after trying to put out a covered fire in bad weather, the State University Police Department said in a statement.
In Green County, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania police said in a statement about the weather-related phone call that the passengers of the car were killed when a tree fell on it. Passenger Andrew Celaschi was hit by a fallen tree and was blown by strong winds.
Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Ed Gainey said in a press conference Wednesday that the storm “was tough for our city.”
Pittsburgh National Weather Service Office It had crew members in Wilkinsburg, a borough in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, looking for potential tornado damage from Tuesday's bad weather, it said Wednesday.
The service reported that as the storm rolled on Tuesday night and gusts were as high as 90 miles an hour, the entire area saw “a lot of destructive wind damage”. The service added that the storm was “more powerful” than many smaller tornadoes, and meteorologists “usually seen in the region but in a wider area.”
As of Wednesday afternoon, more than 400,000 customers in Pennsylvania had no electricity, according to PowerOutage.com. Duquesne Light Company said it is working to restore power to customers without services, and some customers may not be served within five to seven days. The company asks utility partners to help.
The company said strong winds knocked down trees, utility poles ruptured and triggered more than 20,000 separate hazard reports.
Officials in Allegheny County, Pittsburgh’s location, encourage residents to stay home as chainsaw crews removed fallen trees and removed debris from the road Wednesday. About 180 trees in Pittsburgh were knocked down, officials said.
“Stay inside,” Mayor Ganey urged. “Safety is our top priority.”
According to cbc.com
According to PowerOutage.com
In bad weather, thunderstorms come to blow, blow the wind, and release hail as big as a ping-pong ball.
As of Wednesday, a total of 14 tornadoes were confirmed in a few states, with most tornadoes occurring in Wisconsin on Monday, while others have been reported in Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma and Utah.
“In terms of overall reporting on tornadoes, it certainly isn’t as much as it used to be,” said Nathan Wendt, a meteorologist at the Bureau’s Storm Prediction Center.
By Wednesday afternoon, the storm had pushed it to sea. “Today should be quiet in the northeast,” Mr Winter said.
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