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Extreme Weather Leaves 485,000 Without Power Across U.S. · GNN Daily Breaking News

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  Speaker 1: Across the United States, more than four hundred eighty five
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  Speaker 1: thousand homes and businesses were plunged into darkness as severe storms, flooding,
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  Speaker 1: and dangerous heat battered multiple states over the July fourth
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  Speaker 1: holiday weekend. The outages stretched from the Midwest to the Northeast,
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  Speaker 1: with Michigan and Pennsylvania among the hardest hit. In Michigan,
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  Speaker 1: more than one hundred thousand customers lost service, most under
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  Speaker 1: DTE Energy after violent thunderstorms toppled trees and power lines.
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  Speaker 1: The company's storm response team pledged to restore ninety five
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  Speaker 1: percent of customers by July sixth Pennsylvania reported nearly ninety
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  Speaker 1: six thousand outages, with PPL Electric Utilities confirming that more
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  Speaker 1: than one hundred ninety six thousand customers had already been
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  Speaker 1: restored since Friday, though flooding complicated repairs in rural areas.
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  Speaker 1: Other states also faced significant disruptions. New Jersey reported over
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  Speaker 1: fifty six thousand outages alongside heat related fatalities. New York
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  Speaker 1: had forty five thousand outages, with con Edison focusing on
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  Speaker 1: Westchester County, where restoration was expected to reach ninety five
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  Speaker 1: percent by Monday evening. Connecticut Maryland, Ohio, and Texas also
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  Speaker 1: reported thousands without service. The outages coincided with a dangerous
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  Speaker 1: heat wave, with temperatures soaring above one hundred degrees fahrenheit
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  Speaker 1: in several states. Public health officials warned of rising risks
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  Speaker 1: for vulnerable populations, especially those without air conditioning. Emergency cooling
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  Speaker 1: centers were opened in cities across the Northeast and Midwest
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  Speaker 1: to provide relief. The US Department of Energy declared a
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  Speaker 1: grid emergency to prevent cascading blackouts across the mid Atlantic.
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  Speaker 1: Utilities deployed thousands of workers, but restoration timelines varied, with
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  Speaker 1: some areas as expected to remain dark for several days.
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  Speaker 1: Independence Days celebrations were disrupted nationwide, with parades canceled and
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  Speaker 1: fireworks postponed. Beyond the immediate crisis, the outages highlight the
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  Speaker 1: fragility of America's electrical grid under simultaneous stress from extreme heat,
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  Speaker 1: severe storms, and flooding. For many families, the holiday weekend
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  Speaker 1: became a struggle to stay safe and cool without power,
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  Speaker 1: underscoring the growing challenge of climate driven disruptions to essential infrastructure.