Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Beaver County, Pa.) The long needed rain finally came Thursday evening and overnight last night in the from of some severe thunderstorms. There was damage and power outages reported throughout the county as of 6:18 a.m Friday morning  Duquesne Light is reporting  that there are 1145 customers without power in Beaver County.  In Beaver 1 home is without power, 400 in Center Township, 200 in Clinton,  100 in Economy Borough , 1 in Hopewell Twp., 1,, 144 in Independence Twp.,  and 200 homes without power in New Sewickley Township.  Beaver County 9-1-1 said the 800 block of Sheffield Avenue in Aliquippa is closed because of downed trees that fell during  last night’s storm.

UPDATE:

Beaver County 9-1-1 reported that a landslide occurred  in Aliquippa during last night’s storm  on Sheffield Avenue  The road is closed from Spring Street to St. Titus Roman Catholic Church.