India, June 12 -- Severe thunderstorms and heavy winds have knocked out power for over 40,000 customers across Southwestern Pennsylvania, and heavily impacting Allegheny and Beaver counties. A major lightning strike also temporarily disrupted systems at the Pittsburgh International Airport, though flight operations and security screening are resuming via backup generators and partial grid restoration.

Here's everything you need to know about the Pittsburgh Power Outage, affected areas, travel advisory, emergency services, and more.

Pittsburgh Power Outage

The power outages are the direct result of fast-moving severe thunderstorms that tore through Western Pennsylvania on Thursday afternoon. The storm brought intense lightning, torrenti...