6,200 Met-Ed customers without power after storm in Berks

6,200 Met-Ed customers without power after storm in Berks

Thousands of Met-Wd customers in Berks County were left without power Friday following a brief but powerful storm that downed trees and power lines across the area. 6,250 Met-Ed customers had no power as of 5:45 p.m. Friday, with the highest number of outages reported in Reading at 1,797. Maidencreek and Robeson townships had the second and third highest outage totals at 575 and 573, respectively. Hundreds of outages were also reported in Ruscom…