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At least 3 dead as severe storms wreak havoc from Vermont to Georgia
![<span style="font-size: small;">MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Violent weather swept across the Eastern seaboard overnight, dropping heavy rains that flooded towns from New England to Georgia, knocking out power and killing at least three people in the Atlanta area.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/356505140-27230801.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Violent weather swept across the Eastern seaboard overnight, dropping heavy rains that flooded towns from New England to Georgia, knocking out power and killing at least three people in the Atlanta area.</span>")
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Violent weather swept across the Eastern seaboard overnight, dropping heavy rains that flooded towns from New England to Georgia, knocking out power and killing at least three people in the Atlanta area.
Intense thunderstorms...Tags: New York Weather, Air Transportation Delays, Health, Georgia Floods (2009), Natural Resources
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PPL Electric Utilities Restores Service to 100,000 Customers
![PPL Electric Utilities crews have worked since Thursday night to restore power to more than 100,000 customers throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania. Efforts to restore power to an additional 25,000 customers are expected to continue through Sunday.
Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms ripped through the area Thursday night, heavily damaging the utility's transmission and distribution facilities. Widespread outages were reported in 26 of the 29 counties served by PPL Electric Utilities. The most affected areas are in Dauphin, Cumberland and York counties in the Susquehanna Valley and Pike, Monroe, Wayne and Carbon counties in the Poconos.
Crews from utilities in Philadelphia, Ohio, New York and Connecticut have been mobilized to help with restoration efforts.
With numerous downed trees, wires and poles, each case of trouble requires several crews and takes an average of four to six hours to repair. Storms rolling through the region on Friday night also slowed down progress of restoration efforts.
Restoration efforts are expected to continue through Sunday (5/29), though most affected customers had power restored by midnight Friday.
"Our crews are working around the clock to restore power to as many customers as possible," said Jerry Diehl, PPL Electric Utilities' emergency director. "We've reached out to other utilities for assistance so we could improve the chances that most customers will have power restored before Sunday."
PPL Electric Utilities conducted outreach efforts to customers who were expected to be out of service for more than 24 hours.
Customers should report power outages by calling 1-800-342-5775 (1-800-DIAL-PPL). People are also reminded to stay clear of any downed power lines and to assume any downed line is energized.
Storm outage updates are posted on the Outage Center at <a href="http://www.pplelectric.com">www.pplelectric.com</a>. Additional updates are also available on Twitter by following @PPLStormTeam.
PPL Electric Utilities, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), provides electric delivery services to about 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania and has consistently ranked among the best companies for customer service in the United States. More information is available at <a href="http://www.pplelectric.com">www.pplelectric.com</a>.](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-05/61952345-28052602-187105.jpg "PPL Electric Utilities crews have worked since Thursday night to restore power to more than 100,000 customers throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania. Efforts to restore power to an additional 25,000 customers are expected to continue through Sunday.
Tornadoes and severe thunderstorms ripped through the area Thursday night, heavily damaging the utility's transmission and distribution facilities. Widespread outages were reported in 26 of the 29 counties served by PPL Electric Utilities. The most affected areas are in Dauphin, Cumberland and York counties in the Susquehanna Valley and Pike, Monroe, Wayne and Carbon counties in the Poconos.
Crews from utilities in Philadelphia, Ohio, New York and Connecticut have been mobilized to help with restoration efforts.
With numerous downed trees, wires and poles, each case of trouble requires several crews and takes an average of four to six hours to repair. Storms rolling through the region on Friday night also slowed down progress of restoration efforts.
Restoration efforts are expected to continue through Sunday (5/29), though most affected customers had power restored by midnight Friday.
"Our crews are working around the clock to restore power to as many customers as possible,\" said Jerry Diehl, PPL Electric Utilities' emergency director. \"We've reached out to other utilities for assistance so we could improve the chances that most customers will have power restored before Sunday.\"
PPL Electric Utilities conducted outreach efforts to customers who were expected to be out of service for more than 24 hours.
Customers should report power outages by calling 1-800-342-5775 (1-800-DIAL-PPL). People are also reminded to stay clear of any downed power lines and to assume any downed line is energized.
Storm outage updates are posted on the Outage Center at <a href=\"http://www.pplelectric.com\">www.pplelectric.com</a>. Additional updates are also available on Twitter by following @PPLStormTeam.
PPL Electric Utilities, a subsidiary of PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL), provides electric delivery services to about 1.4 million customers in Pennsylvania and has consistently ranked among the best companies for customer service in the United States. More information is available at <a href=\"http://www.pplelectric.com\">www.pplelectric.com</a>.")
PPL Electric UtilitiesPPL Electric Utilities crews have worked since Thursday night to restore power to more than 100,000 customers throughout central and eastern Pennsylvania. Efforts to restore power to an additional 25,000 customers are expected to continue through Sunday....Tags: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Renovation, Connecticut, Philadelphia (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
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PPL owns up to power surge
Of The Morning CallEvery now and then, we get a happy ending. And while this one might not send you running for the tissues, it might give you hope that the little guy can conquer a mighty corporation. In this case, the corporation apologized, four families got...Tags: Volleyball, Companies and Corporations, Whitehall, Electricity Production and Distribution, Economy, Business and Finance
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Allentown house explodes
Of The Morning CallA thundering explosion demolished a center city Allentown home Wednesday night and set three neighboring houses ablaze, injuring several residents and forcing the evacuation of two city blocks and the Gross Towers senior living complex. "I thought I...Tags: Energy Resources, Emergency Incidents, Health, Natural Resources, Injuries and Wounds
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Quakertown hunter's widow sues lawyer accused of shooting him
The widow of the Quakertown deer hunter allegedly shot to death by lawyer David M. Manilla filed a wrongful death lawsuit against him Monday and asked Bucks County Court for an injunction to reverse Manilla's recent asset transfers to his relatives....Tags: Trials, Prosecution, Defendants, Lawyers, Defense
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BLAST KILLS FIVE; NEIGHBORHOOD IN RUINS
As Thursday dawned, the extent of the explosion and fire in central Allentown became starkly visible: half a block reduced to cinders by a catastrophe that killed five people, displaced scores from their homes and raised fears about the soundness of the...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Emergency Planning, Health, Business, Transportation
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FIFTH BODY FOUND IN RUBBLE OF ALLENTOWN BLAST
Of The Morning CallFive people -- including a 4-month-old boy -- died in Allentown's massive gas explosion and fire, authorities confirmed at a Thursday afternoon news conference. And later Thursday, fire officials reported they found the fifth of the bodies in the...Tags: Disasters, Emergency Incidents, Health and Safety at Work, Business, Health
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Severe storms wreak havoc from Vermont to Georgia
Associated PressViolent weather swept across the Eastern seaboard overnight, dropping heavy rains that flooded towns from New England to Georgia, knocking out power and killing at least three people in the Atlanta area. Intense thunderstorms stalled over central...Tags: Weather Warnings, New York Weather, Atlanta, Air Transportation Delays, Georgia Floods (2009)
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PPL admits causing power surge
Watchdog with Paul MuschickPPL has admitted causing a power surge that it initially refused to take responsibility for. Today's Watchdog column has the details on PPL's reversal of its position on what happened during a transformer repair in a January snowstorm in South...... -
PPL Restores Power to Lancaster County Residents
Content ManagerPPL Electric Utilities fixes a power outage in Lancaster City after restoring electric service to customers in Elizabethtown. Customers along Shippen Street in Lancaster did not have power for more than eight hours. A lightning strike knocked out power...Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Lancaster (Lancaster, Virginia)
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Largest Lehigh Valley Employers
1. Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network (Acute-care hospital) 2. St. Luke's Hospital & Health Network (Acute-care hospital) 3. Air Products & Chemicals (Industrial gases, chemicals and manufacturing) 4. U.S. Government (U.S. Government) 5. PPL...Tags: Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Manpower Incorporated, B. Braun Medical Inc., Health
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Businesses flip-flop on electricity deregulation
Of The Morning CallA Pittsburgh metals company with 3,500 employees in western Pennsylvania is trying to decide whether to make a major expansion here or in another state with better electricity rates. As Allegheny Technologies weighs its options, company officials have...Tags: Entertainment, Exelon Corp., Business Enterprises, Laws, Emergency Planning
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