Wednesday evening's storms that pushed through Schuylkill County has left over 7,000 homes in the dark as of 9:15am Thursday morning.
According to PPL, 7,176 homes are still in the dark across 34 municipalities:
- Porter Twp 1,287
- Rush Twp 1,195
- Butler Twp 663
- West Penn Twp 607
- East Norwegian Twp 536
- Pottsville 290
- East Brunswick Twp 276
- Schuylkill Twp 253
- South Manheim Twp 234
- West Brunswick Twp 234
- Cressona Boro 202
- Coaldale Boro 182
- North Manheim Twp 167
- Ashland Boro 152
- Ryan Twp 155
- East Union Twp 134
- Union Twp 112
- Cass Twp 98
- Wayne Twp 78
- Washington Twp 71
- Mount Carbon Boro 57
- Walker Twp 55
- Pine Grove Twp 48
- Reilly Twp 36
- Tamaqua Boro 16
- Tremont Boro 8
- Minersville Boro 7
- Barry Twp 6
- Hubley Twp 6
- Hegins Twp 3
- Kline Twp 3
- Norwegian Twp 3
- Eldred Twp 1
- Palo Alto Boro 1
St. Clair is also without power including the Coal Creek Commerce Center and Walmart.
PPL is stating as of this posting that power is expected to be restored for all these communities by 11:00pm, Thursday.