Winter Storm Blamed for Fall of TV Towers
posted 10:24 am Mon December 17, 2007 -
UNDATED (AP) - A winter storm packing high winds, snow and rain cut power to more than 160,000 customers in eastern Pennsylvania over the weekend. The storm was also blamed for a fatal crash and the toppling of two 800-foot television towers.
In northeast Pennsylvania, ice and high winds toppled two 800-foot television towers on Penobscot Mountain in Luzerne County, knocking several stations off the air for many viewers.
The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency says more than 160,000 were without power at some point, but that number was down to around 137,000 by mid-afternoon. Officials say more than 45,000 customers were without power in the Harrisburg area because of falling trees, branches and ice.
State emergency management officials are warning more outages are possible with expected high winds into today.
(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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