Westmoreland

Wind storm outages dwindling; some businesses restored Thursday

Stephen Huba
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Dan Speicher | Tribune-Review
A crew from West Penn Power works to repair a power line along Bethel Church Road near Dogwood Lane in Unityon Monday, Feb. 25, 2019.

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Most of the estimated 121 West Penn Power customers in Westmoreland County without electricity were expected to have power by the end of the day Friday, the utility said.

Most of the outages are leftovers from Sunday’s wind storm, although a few were added from overnight weather that dropped 2 to 5 inches of snow on the region.

Ligonier Township had the most outages, with 28 customers still without power, followed by Unity, Fairfield and Hempfield. A small cluster of outages in South Huntingdon will require a little more time, with restoration expected by 8 p.m. Saturday.

Some businesses on East Pittsburgh Street in Greensburg and Hempfield did not have their power restored until Thursday night. Hillview Bowling Lanes, Primanti Bros. and Jaffre’s Restaurant spent most of the week in the dark but had power again by about 7:30 p.m. Thursday, managers said.

West Penn spokesman Todd Meyers said the largest outages are always addressed first. “By Wednesday, we cleared the last of the three-digit outages,” he said.

The wind storm downed trees, poles and wires, forced school cancellations and two-hour delays and kept emergency responders busy attempting to make repairs amid difficult conditions.

At one point, about 130,000 West Penn customers were affected.

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