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Storm rips through region leaving power outages

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The storm came through the Easton area around 6 p.m.

A storm blew through the Lehigh Valley this evening leaving many without power.

PPL Electric Utilities reports that 2,816 Northampton County customers are without power. The majority of the outages can be found in Bethlehem Township, Pa., and Northampton borough.

Lehigh County is another story with 15,762 PPL customers without power. Allentown residents account for the largest chunk - a total of 7,129 customers - of the county's outage. PPL reports that it has been in a storm emergency since 3:45 p.m. today.

FirstEnergy reports 839 Lehigh County customers are without power. In Northampton County that figure jumps to 7,927.

Over in New Jersey, only 514 Warren County customers report power losses while Hunterdon County has 4,330 outages.

The storm came through the region on the tail end of a scorching day.

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