Thousands Near Bensalem Without Power In Wednesday Storm

UPDATE: By 4:30 p.m., power had been restored to most, but not all, homes in the area. PECO said 829 customers remained without power in Falls, 185 in Middletown, 51 in Bensalem, 28 in Lower Southampton, 23 in Bristol and five in Langhorne Manor.

BENSALEM, PA — Thousands of Bensalem-area residents were without power Wednesday afternoon as strong thunderstorms rolled through the area.

According to PECO's outage map, two outages in the Neshaminy Woods area had knocked out power to 1,681 customers shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday. Just to the south, near Creek Road, another outage was impacting 2,628 customers, the map said.

A smaller outage near Neshaminy Creek had knocked out power to a handful more residents.

Crews had been dispatched to the larger outages, according to PECO, and power was expected to be restored by 4 p.m.

The outage map said the cause of the outages was undetermined Wednesday afternoon. But they came as strong thunderstorms, bringing heavy rain and frequent lightning, rolled through the area.

The National Weather Service was calling for thunderstorms packing 60 m.p.h. winds to hit Lower Bucks County on Wednesday afternoon. The area was under a flash flood warning until 4:15 p.m. and a severe thunderstorm watch until 9 p.m., according to the NWS.