Severe storms across Beaver County left a large part of the community without power. Lauren Siburkis of Penn Power said they are still working to restore power…

…and there’s more bad weather predicted over the next 24 hours. Siburkis says they are preparing as best they can for the storms…

Meanwhile, Duquesne Light is reporting 400 customers still without power, with only a handful in Beaver County: 1 in Beaver, 20 in Center, 28 in East Rochester, 4 in Freedom, 20 in New Sewickley and 1 in Monaca.

Storms have hit Beaver County early this week, and caused damage to local communities. Many areas are experiencing flash flooding that is expected to continue. Beaver County Radio News Intern Christina Sainovich has more….

BREAKING NEWS: The mayor of Zelienople declared a state of emergency last night after heavy rains flooded several downtown streets, businesses and residences. Mayor Tom Oliverio said in a statement posted late Tuesday on the borough’s Facebook page…”All residents are urged to stay indoors and avoid traveling on Main Street Area, East Beaver Street, West Beaver Street, Jefferson Street, Clay Street, Green Lane and West New Castle Street”. In addition, Route 528 in Zelienople remains closed this morning between Ramsey Road and Main Street, due to flooding.

BREAKING NEWS:    SCHOOL BUSES IN THE FREEDOM AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO GET TO TWO OF THE BUS STOPS IN THE DISTRICT THIS MORNING – AT STEEL SCHOOL ROAD AND LOVI ROAD – DUE TO ROAD CLOSURES FROM THE STORM. FOR ALL OTHER STOPS, BUSES WILL BE RUNNING LATE THIS MORNING DUE TO THE FLOODED ROADS IN THE AREA. THE DISTRICT IS ASKING STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO BE PLEASE BE PATIENT WHILE WAITING FOR THE SCHOOL BUS THIS MORNING. THEY WILL GET TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 29TH, 2019

**** FLOOD WARNING FOR UNTIL 8:15 AM ******

TODAY – STRONG THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. STORMS MAY
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. HIGH
NEAR 80.

TONIGHT – VARIABLE CLOUDS AND SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW STORMS MAY BE
SEVERE. LOW – 65.

THURSDAY – MORE THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTY WINDS AND
SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE. HIGH – 71.

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