At Least 4 Die in Pennsylvania as Storm Leaves 400,000 Without Power

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Weather|At Least 4 Die in Pennsylvania as Storm Leaves 400,000 Without Power

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The storm system brought destructive winds to the state, knocking down trees and power lines.

A school bus during the severe weather. Cars with their beams reflected on the wet pavement are approaching on a narrow road.

April 30, 2025Updated 3:23 p.m. ET

At least four people were killed in Pennsylvania on Tuesday and hundreds of thousands of customers were without power after severe weather that had torn across the High Plains and Upper Midwest earlier this week pushed into the Northeast and Canada.

David Lepinsky, 59, was killed after being electrocuted by live wires, according to the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Another resident, Raymond Gordon, 67, was returning to his home when he was fatally hit by a tree after it blew over, according to the Ross Township Police Department near Pittsburgh.

In Centre County, Pa., a 22-year-old man was also killed after being electrocuted while trying to put out a mulch fire during the severe weather, the State College Police Department said in a statement.

In Greene County, Pa., a passenger in a car was killed when a tree fell on top of it, the Pennsylvania State Police said in its statement about weather-related calls. The passenger, Andrew Celaschi, was struck by a falling tree that was blown over by high winds, the authorities said.

The storm “was tough on our city,’’ Mayor Ed Gainey of Pittsburgh said at a news conference on Wednesday.