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Overnight Storm Brings Damage, Power Outages

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Tom Sofield
A downed tree along Bellevue Avenue.
Credit: Sgt. Mike Phelan/Langhorne Borough police

More than 2,000 local PECO customers awoke Christmas morning to find they were in the dark.

The storm Thursday night into Friday morning brought heavy rain and strong, gusty winds to the Levittown area.

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While Christmas morning started with just over 2,000 customers in the Levittown area without power service, there were only about 15 customers remaining in the dark by Friday evening.

PECO officials said the company had prepared for the storm in advance.

A LevittownNow.com reader reported a trampoline had blown along New Falls Road, and Langhorne Borough police reported limbs from a tree fell and brought down wires on Bellevue Avenue by Flowers Avenue.

Credit: Sgt. Mike Phelan/Langhorne Borough police
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A fire at a home in Bristol Township’s Levittown section was damaged in a blaze caused by the weather conditions.

While water levels on the Delaware River and Neshaminy Creek were elevated, no major flooding was predicted.

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Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield

Tom Sofield has covered news in Bucks County for 16 years for both newspaper and online publications. Tom’s reporting has appeared locally, nationally, and internationally across several mediums. He is proud to report on news in the county where he lives and to have created a reliable publication that the community deserves.