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Pittsburgh International Airport loses power after "extraordinary" storm ... Strong storms swept through the Pittsburgh area on Thursday afternoon, leaving behind a trail of damage and even temporarily knocking out power at the Pittsburgh International Airport. "Extraordinary" power surge hits Pittsburgh airport The Pittsburgh International Airport said it experienced an outage after the storm produced an "extraordinary" power surge. In a social media post, the airport said a lightning strike hit Duquesne Light's system. The airfield and air traffic control tower weren't impacted, so planes could keep landing and taking off, meaning no flights were canceled, a spokesperson for the airport said. It took about an hour to partially restore power, and under 90 minutes to bring everything back. The power went out around 3:30 p.m. on Thursday. "Because of our microgrid, we were able to restore that power much more quickly and potentially prevented a significantly longer outage," a spokesperson with the airport said in a statement. "Our microgrid and the traditional grid functioned as intended with safety features, the electrical breakers, acting to stop the surge before it could do dama…

Pittsburgh International Airport loses power during storms, causing flight delays <p>A lightning strike during Thursday afternoon&#8217;s thunderstorms knocked out power at Pittsburgh International Airport, disrupting dozens of flights and temporarily disabling both the airport&#8217;s main electrical supply and its backup microgrid.</p>

Pittsburgh International Airport power knocked out by storm - WTAE Lightning strike knocks out power at Pittsburgh International Airport Lightning strike knocks out power at Pittsburgh International Airport SPRING HILL ALSO DOWN TOWARDS CHALK HILL. AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT TOMORROW, WE ARE GOING TO BE SEEING TEMPERATURES THAT WILL BE RISING INTO THE 80S. A VERY MILD START TO THE DAY. LOW TEMPERATURES DOWN AROUND 72 DEGREES. AND AS WE HEAD THROUGH FRIDAY, WE WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR A SHOWER OR TWO. THUNDERSTORM. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM, ALSO 85 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH ON FRIDAY. THEN SATURDAY WE DO BREAK OUT WITH THE SUNSHINE AFTER THE COLD FRONT CLEARS THE AREA THAT WILL LEAVE US WITH A LOWER HUMIDITY LEVELS AND MORE COMFORTABLE CONDITIONS. ON SUNDAY WE’LL HAVE CLOUDS THAT WILL REEMERGE IN THE MORNING, BUT IT SHOULD STAY DRY UP UNTIL ABOUT NOON, AND THEN WE’LL GO LATER IN THE DAY WHEN THE RAIN SHOWERS WILL ARRIVE. AS WE GO TO NEXT WEEK, TEMPERATURES DROP OFF HIGH TEMPERATURE THIS TIME OF YEAR RIGHT AROUND 78 DEGREES WILL BE AT OR BELOW THAT AS WE GO INTO NEXT WEEK, WHICH MIGHT FEEL A LITTLE REFRESHING. BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN NEXT WEEK IS GOING TO BE ON THURSDAY, SO RAIN SHOWERS MOVING OUT…

Pittsburgh International Airport experiences power outage during … A power outage disrupted Pittsburgh International Airport operations on Thursday. Airport officials said they lost power after lightning struck Duquesne Light’s power distribution. The microgrid and main grid were impacted. Backup generators were used to bring the airport partially back online. The checkpoint was briefly closed as crews worked to make repairs. Travelers told Channel 11 that an alarm notification was going off with flashing lights. An airport spokesperson said the air traffic control tower was not affected and maintained power throughout the entire incident. Planes were able to take off and land without any cancellations. After 5:40 p.m., airport officials said the airport was back to normal. “PIT thanks passengers and those waiting for arrivals for their patience as systems were brought back online. Additional thanks to customer service and ambassador team members as well as the entire PIT team, TSA and our airline partners for working together to re-establish normal operations,” a spokesperson said. Anyone with further questions is encouraged to visit the Pittsburgh International Airport website. …

Lightning strike knocks out power at Pittsburgh International Airport <p>A lightning strike knocked out power at Pittsburgh International Airport, disrupting operations after storms blew through the area. </p>

Thousands in Pittsburgh Remain Without Power After Historic Winds Community Energy Must See Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email Repair crews in southwestern Pennsylvania are grappling with the aftermath of a “megastorm” that brought some of the most powerful non-thunderstorm winds in the city’s history. As of Sunday morning, utility companies are reporting significant progress, though tens of thousands of residents remain in the dark. The storm, which peaked on Friday evening, initially knocked out power to more than 280,000 customers across the region. Utility companies have brought in “all hands on deck,” including hundreds of mutual aid trucks from as far as Canada and the southern United States. Utility Provider Peak Outages Remaining Outages (Sun. AM) Duquesne Light (DLC) 163,000 ~41,000 West Penn Power ~117,000 ~21,000 The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that a wind gust of 66 mph was recorded at Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday—the fourth-strongest non-thunderstorm gust ever recorded at the site. The sustained “triple-threat” March storm caused downed power lines and snapped utility poles across Allegheny, Beaver, and Westmoreland counties.  A gas station can…

Pittsburgh International Airport loses power during storms, causing ... A lightning strike during Thursday afternoon’s thunderstorms knocked out power at Pittsburgh International Airport, disrupting dozens of flights and temporarily disabling both the airport’s main electrical supply and its backup microgrid. The airport said service has since been restored, but some flights remained delayed as crews worked to return systems to normal. “Systems are coming back online and flights are departing and arriving,” airport spokesman Bob Kerlik said in a statement. “Teams are continuing to manage the situation and update passengers in the terminal.” Both the main grid and the 23-megawatt microgrid – a backup power source designed to operate in “island mode” in the event of a wider outage – were knocked out when lighting struck Duquesne Light infrastructure around 3:30 p.m. and caused a large power surge, Kerlik said. Kerlik said power was partially restored within an hour and credited the backup grid’s performance. ”If we didn’t have the microgrid, we’d probably still be out right now, or at least partially out,” he said shortly before 7 p.m. Several dozen flights were still listed a…