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Weather brings power problems, flooding

Heavy rain and winds on Wednesday sparked a number of problems throughout our area. More than 19,000 without power in our area

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — More than 19,000 homes and businesses are in the dark across 18 counties thanks to wild Wednesday weather.

Many of those were in the northeast corner of the state, according to a review of outages hosted by PPL, UGI, Penelec and Claverak. Nearly 6,000 homes and businesses were in the dark in Lackawanna and Luzerne counties alone.

Traffic lights were dark in parts of Lackawanna County's mid-valley. Officials say the county's 911 center in Jessup is running on backup power.

Also in Lackawanna County, a tree fell on a home on East Pine Street in Dunmore just before noon. Officials say no one is living in the home.

Credit: WNEP

In central Pennsylvania, stormwater overwhelmed some roads and farmlands.

Several roads in the Lewisburg and Mifflinburg areas were closed or blocked off due to flooding.

Some school districts in that area dismissed early because of the flooding.

Flooding also shut down a road in Northumberland County.

Water completely covered Shakespeare Road in East Chillisquaque Township, near Milton. 

Credit: WNEP

The heavy rain even caused Chillisquaque Creek to leave its banks

Here are the numbers of homes and businesses without power in each county in our region just after 11 p.m:

Bradford  292

Carbon  492

Columbia  75

Lackawanna  9,309

Luzerne  2,408

Lycoming  78

Monroe  803

Montour  1

Northumberland  574

Pike  684

Schuylkill  1,329

Snyder  39

Susquehanna  2,813

Union  0

Wayne  1,581

Wyoming  68

IMPORTANT LINKS: 

Click here for the latest weather forecast.    

Click here for the latest school closings. 

Click here for the WNEP Traffic Tracker. 

For the most up-to-date information on power, check out these outage maps: 

Check out severe weather tips on WNEP’s YouTube channel. 

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