Power companies rush to restore electricity after Saturday's storms in Southwest Pennsylvania

The storm that blew through the region Saturday afternoon left tens of thousands of households without power, as one of the region’s two major power companies reported significant progress while the other reported more customers were affected.

Trees and power lines were down all across the region after high winds and rain ripped through Saturday afternoon.

Allegheny, Washington and Westmoreland counties seemed to take the brunt of the storm.

West Penn Power on Saturday reported 30,500 customers were without power at 6:40 p.m. after having close to 43,000 customers affected at 5 p.m. By Sunday afternoon, that figure was down to just over 10,000 customers, with larger groups still waiting for power in a triangular area between New Stanton, Monessen and Connellsville.

By Monday morning, 95 customers in Allegheny County were without power. In Westmoreland, 104 customers did not have power.

Duquesne Light was reporting more than 40,800 customers without power at 5 p.m. on Saturday and more than 3,000 more (43,479) at 6:50 p.m. By 8 a.m. Sunday morning, that number was down below 3,000 total, but it had risen again to more than 5,800 as of 3:30 p.m. By Monday morning, 1,816 customers were still without power.

Duquesne Light outages were largely confined to small pockets spread across the Pittsburgh area.

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Duquesne Light said extra crews are onsite to assess damages and will work around the clock to safely restore outages as quickly as possible.

Customers are reminded to:

• Report outages at duquesnelight.com, through its mobile app or by calling 412-393-7000.

• Call 911 for any medical issues that could be impacted by an outage.

• Avoid downed power lines and give ample space to line workers as they perform critical work.