Over 10,000 homes are without power early Tuesday morning in Schuylkill County.
Snow began to fall around 1:00am-2:00am in Schuylkill County and it didn't let up overnight. The snow is a heavy wet sticky snow and its sticking to everything including trees and power lines which is knocking out power.
As of 6:45am, Tuesday, 10, 159 homes are in the dark. The 4 largest areas impacted are Ashland/Butler Township with 4,649, Pine Grove Township 1,867, and Tremont Township with 1,110.
Other outages include:
- Auburn - 50
- Blythe Township - 161
- Branch Township - 155
- Cass Township - 140
- Cressona - 41
- East Brunswick Township - 203
- East Norwegian Township - 414
- East Union Township - 109
- Hegins Township - 57
- North Manheim Township - 124
- North Union Township - 127
- Norwegian Township - 10
- Port Carbon - 14
- Porter Township - 133
- Pottsville - 32
- Rush Township - 14
- South Manheim Township - 37
- Union Township - 63
- Upper Mahantongo Township - 26
- Walker Township - 19
- Washington Township - 396
- Wayne Township - 21
- West Brunswick Township - 159
- West Penn Township - 26
These numbers may include surrounding areas of the municipalities listed.