Reports of power outages were coming in Sunday morning as the area took a pounding from Hurricane Irene.
Around 5 p.m., Delmarva Power was reporting nearly 35,000 customers in Delaware were without power.
- New Castle County - 20,573
- Kent - 1,425
- Sussex - 716
Philly Mayor Michael Nutter warned Saturday that "people should expect power outages of a week, 10 days or even two weeks" in his State of Emergency news conference. According to PECO, the number of outages has dropped to 225,000 as of 4 a.m.
- Philadelphia - 9,000
- Delaware - 64,000
- Bucks - 81,000
- Montgomery - 14,000
- Chester - 57,000
- Berks - 1,415
- Bucks - 2,527
- Lancaster - 19,809
- Lebanon - 631
- Lehigh - 31,561
- Montour - 68
- Northhampton - 16,551
Here are the total power outages in New Jersey according to AC Electric.
- Atlantic - 32,497
- Burlington - 2,989
- Camden - 3,716
- Cape May - 12,406
- Cumberland - 3,221
- Gloucester - 9,498
- Ocean - 501
- Salem - 3,122
Power outages are one of the three main threats to our area from the massive storm. The other two are severe flooding and storm surges along the Jersey shore.
