Thousands are without power in our area Saturday.
Officials with PPL said nearly 1,300 customers were without power in Scott Township due to a tree down on wires. Crews expected to have power restored for those customers shortly.
More than 4,000 customers are also without power in Fell and Greenfield Townships. PPL said it did not have an estimated time when power would be restored for those customers. There was also no word what caused those outages in that part of Lackawanna County.
In Luzerne County, nearly 2,500 customers in Hazle Township and 1,100 customers in Nescopeck Township were affected.
More than a thousand customers in Monroe County lost power in Coolbaugh Township.