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BEGINS WITH BREAKING NEWS. IT DOES START WITH THAT SEVERE STORM WORKING ITS WAY THROUGH OUR REGION RIGHT NOW, KNOCKING OUT POWER, TOPPLING TREES AND EVEN CREATING SPARKS ON MANY STREETS. YOU’RE LOOKING AT A SMALL FIRE OFF OF ROUTE 51 AFTER LOOSE WIRES SPARKED ON SOME TREES THERE. AND OF COURSE WE ARE CONTINUING TO TRACK THESE THUNDERSTORMS. WE’RE ALREADY SEEING IMAGES OF TREES DOWN AND STORM DAMAGE HERE IN SEWICKLEY. AND A VIEWER SENDING US THIS VIDEO FROM THEIR OFFICE ON STANWICK STREET DOWNTOWN. YOU’RE LOOKING AT A SMALL TIKI BOAT CAPSIZED ON THE MON RIVER WINDS, GETTING UP OVER 70 MILES AN HOUR EARLIER, AND ENTIRE TREES BROUGHT DOWN HERE IN INDIANA TOWNSHIP. YOU CAN SEE THE TREES UPROOTED, BLOCKING THESE ROADS. WE’RE GETTING MANY PHOTOS AND VIDEOS FROM MANY VIEWERS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. AT 6:00 TONIGHT, LET’S SHOW YOU A LITTLE MORE HERE FROM MONROEVILLE, WE CAN SEE A NUMBER OF TREES THERE HAVE COME DOWN, AND EVEN SPLIT IN THE WINDS AS THAT STORM BLEW THROUGH. JUST ALSO WITHIN THE PAST FEW MINUTES OF THE STORM STARTING, A VIEWER SAYS A PINE TREE ALSO CAME DOWN ON MCMONAGLE AVENUE. THAT’S IN SCOTT TOWNSHIP. AND RIGHT NOW, LET’S LOOK AT A POWER LINE DOWN IN CHURCHILL. THIS IS ALONG CHURCH HILL ROAD. YOU CAN SEE SNAPPED ELECTRIC ELECTRIC POLES AS WELL BLOCKING THIS ROAD. THAT THAT STREET RIGHT NOW IS BLOCKED OFF TO TRAFFIC. AND A VIEWER SENT VIDEO SHOWING THEIR NEIGHBOR’S TREES BEING KNOCKED DOWN IN CORAOPOLIS. LOOK AT THIS. WOW. AND LET’S TAKE ONE MORE LOOK. A HUGE JUMP IN POWER OUTAGES RIGHT NOW. MORE THAN 170,000 DUQUESNE LIGHT CUSTOMERS DON’T HAVE THEIR POWER IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY ALONE. ANOTHER 26,000 CUSTOMERS IN BEAVER COUNTY ARE IN THE DARK. THIS IS A HUGE SPIKE IN REPORTING FROM THE UTILITY IN JUST THE LAS