Severe storms sweep through western Pa. | Videos, photos show damage, capsized tiki boat
CARNEGIE TONIGHT. FELICITY, WHAT ARE YOU SEEING OUT THERE NOW? YEAH. MIKE. SO WE’RE IN CARNEGIE ON WEST MAIN BETWEEN ABOUT SIXTH AND EIGHTH STREET, AND I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE AFTERMATH OF THE STORM HERE. YOU CAN SEE THIS ROOF. IT’S FROM THIS BLUE BUILDING RIGHT HERE. AND IT JUST COMPLETELY FLEW OFF THE BUILDING. AND THEN A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN, YOU’LL SEE, AS THE STORM CAME THROUGH, YOU SEE THE POLE THAT WAS HOLDING THE POWER LINES WENT ON TOP OF THAT CAR. WE’RE TOLD SOMEONE WAS INSIDE THAT CAR BUT WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE. AND NOW THE AFTERMATH. BUT WE DID TALK TO SOMEONE WHO WAS OUTSIDE WHEN THIS HAPPENED. HE WAS FILLING UP HIS POOL SO IT DIDN’T BLOW AWAY. WHEN THE STORM JUST CAME IN LIKE THAT, IT STARTED BLOWING DOWN THE ALLEYWAY HERE. AND SO I COME DOWN TO THE CAR TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WAS SECURE, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SKY GOT REAL BLACK. AND THEN A REAL STRONG GUST OF WIND, MAYBE A MICROBURST. I’M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT FOR THE POLES OFF THE TOPS RIGHT HERE, THE TWO TOP POLES AND THEN RIPPED THAT ROOF OFF ALL OVER THE AREA. OH YEAH, WE’RE ALL, YOU KNOW, TRACKING IT. AND YEAH. SO NOW THE POWER LINES THAT WERE PUT DOWN BY THIS ROOF COMING DOWN AND THEN BY THIS POLE COMING DOWN, THERE’S BEEN MULTIPLE CREWS ON SCENE, INCLUDING POLICE FIRE. ALSO DUQUESNE LIGHT. AND THEY WERE HAVING EVERYONE MOVE BACK SO THEY COULD TURN IT OFF. AND WHAT THEY’VE BEEN DOING IS REALLY JUST CUTTING DOWN POWER LINES TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS OFF. AND THEN THEY’RE REALLY JUST STARTING TO CLEAN UP. THEY’VE CLOSED DOWN THE ENTIRE ROAD. LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE COME OUT HERE TO JUST SEE THE DAMAGE, AND IT’S JUST REALLY SHOCKING SIGHT TO BEHOLD. YOU SEE ALSO PIECES OF THE ROOF. THIS FOAM BOARD THAT CAME DOWN AND PEOPLE ARE REALLY JUST SHOCKED BY SEEING THIS. A GENTLEMAN THAT WE SPOKE TO, HE SAID IT FELT LIKE IT WAS, YOU KNOW, ALMOST COMING OUT OF A MOVIE. YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY BAD. IT WAS PRETTY SCARY. AND IT’S THE ROOF OF THIS BLUE. IT’S THE ROOF OF THIS BLUE BUILDING. IT’S ABANDONED BUILDING RIGHT NOW. THEY’RE MAKING IT INTO A RESTAURANT OR SOMETHING, BUT IT’S FROM THE BACKSIDE. AND THE AIR CONDITIONER THAT’S IN THE ROAD, THERE LITERALLY WAS ON THE BACK TOP. SO PRETTY HEAVY. SO IT KNOCKED IT DOWN PRETTY GOOD. TELL ME ABOUT THAT FEELING. THE WAY YOU’RE DESCRIBING IT, IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU WATCH THE WIZARD OF OZ, RIGHT? IT WAS MORE LIKE TWISTER WHEN THEY WERE BUCKLING THEMSELVES TO THE BARS AND LIKE, THE STUFF WAS JUST FLYING BY. AND I SHOW YOU THAT STUFF HE’S TALKING ABOUT. IT’S RIGHT HERE. IT’S SOME OF THE FOAM BOARD THAT WAS ON TOP OF THE ROOF. THIS IS JUST A PIECE OF IT. AND IT ACTUALLY GOES FROM WHERE I AM ALL THE WAY DOWN WEST MAIN STREET. YOU’LL BE ABLE TO SEE IT JUST GOING FOR HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FEET REALLY, AS IT CONTINUES TO GO. THEY HAVE SHUT DOWN WEST MAIN STREET, LIKE I SAID, BETWEEN 6 AND 8. ALSO VETERANS WAY ON THE SIDE WHERE WE ARE NOW, THEY ARE EXPECTING THIS TO BE CLOSED FOR A LONG TIME. WE’VE ALSO BEEN TOLD THAT THERE WAS A CAR ACCIDENT, NOT A BAD ONE, JUST THAT GOT INVOLVED JUST A FEW BLOCKS DOWN THAT WAY THAT THEY ARE ALSO DEALING WITH. SO IF YOU ARE IN THE CARNEGIE AREA, YOU SHOULD EXPECT THIS TO BE SHUT DOWN. NO POWER, NO ROADS FOR QUITE A LONG TIME. FOR NOW, REPORTING LIVE IN CARNEGIE, FELICITY TAYLOR, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT, FELICITY, THANK YOU FOR SHOWING WHAT’S GOING ON IN CARNEGIE. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS FIRE THIS EVENING. VIEWERS SENT US THIS WEATHER RELATED VIDEO LOOKING AT A SMALL FIRE THAT HAPPENED OFF OF ROUTE 51 AFTER LOOSE WIRES SPARKED ON SOME TREES THERE THAT KNOCKED OUT POWER, TOPPLED TREES AND CREATED THOSE SPARKS ALONG THE ROAD. AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS DRAMATIC VIDEO. A TIKI BOAT CAPSIZED AT THE POINT IT APPEARS. THIS VIDEO WAS TAKEN FROM AN OFFICE BUILDING ALONG STANWIX STREET. AND GET A LOOK AT THAT TIKI BOAT ON ITS SIDE THERE. WE ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW TO LEARN IF ANYONE WAS OUT THERE AT THE TIME THIS HAPPENED. LOTS OF TREES DOWN ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. IF YOU ARE SENDING US THIS VIDEO OF THE DAMAGE DONE IN SEWICKLEY, THIS IS AT COCHRAN AND SENTINEL STREETS IN SEWICKLEY, AND ENTIRE TREES BROUGHT DOWN IN INDIANA TOWNSHIP THIS AFTERNOON. YOU CAN SEE A NUMBER OF TREES WERE UPROOTED. AND THESE TREES THAT FELL ARE BLOCKING SOME ROADS IN THAT AREA. ALSO, MORE PHOTOS FROM MONROEVILLE TONIGHT. YOU CAN SEE A NUMBER OF TREES DOWN HERE AND EVEN SPLIT IN THE WINDS AS THE STORM CAME THROUGH. JUST KIND OF SHEARED OFF THERE. AND THIS IS FROM MOUNT LEBANON. A VIEWER SHARING THIS PHOTO OF A MASSIVE TREE THAT WAS UPROOTED. YOU CAN SEE THE BASE OF THAT TREE IS AT LEAST SIX FEET, MAYBE EIGHT FEET TALL. THERE YOU CAN SEE EMERGENCY CREWS ON THE SCENE CHECKING OUT ANY FURTHER STRUCTURAL DAMAGE THAT WAS DONE. A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION THERE. AND WITHIN THE AS SOON AS THE STORM BEGAN, VIEWERS STARTED SENDING US PHOTOS. AND THIS ONE FROM A VIEWER OF A PINE TREE THAT CAME DOWN ON MCGONIGLE AVENUE IN SCOTT TOWNSHIP. MORE PHOTOS. RIGHT NOW THIS IS A POWER LINE DOWN IN CHURCHHILL BOROUGH, ALONG CHURCHILL ROAD, NOT FAR FROM CHURCHILL COUNTRY CLUB. EDGEWOOD COUNTRY CLUB, I SHOULD SAY. YOU CAN SEE SNAPPED ELECTRIC POLES AS WELL AS BLOCKING THE ROAD AS AS WELL AS THOSE TREES. AND A VIEWER SENT US THIS VIDEO SHOWING THEIR NEIGHBOR’S TREE BEING KNOCKED DOWN IN CORAOPOLIS. LET’S STAY WITH THIS AND YOU CAN SEE THE TREE TOPPLING THERE. WOW. ALL RIGHT. WE’RE GOING TO GO OUT LIVE NOW TO MILLVILLE. THAT’S WHERE A ROOF PARTIALLY RIPPED OFF OF A BUSINESS. THIS IS AT DISTINCTLY YOU KITCHEN AND BATH DESIGN CENTER SHOWROOM THAT’S ON EAST OHIO STREET. IF YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT AREA, WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN THE EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE DONE HERE. AND IF ANYONE WAS HURT WHEN THIS CAME TUMBLING DOWN, WE CONTINUE OUR SEVERE WEATHER COVERAGE. NOW, THE MASSIVE STORM SYSTEM THAT MOVED THROUGH OUR REGION, OUR TEAMS ARE OUT ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. TAKING A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE AND THE CLEANUP THAT IS AHEAD, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER JORDAN CIOPPA JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM PITTSBURGH’S SOUTH SIDE WITH WHAT SHE’S SEEING THERE. JORDAN. YEAH, MIKE, I’M HERE LIVE ON EAST CARSON STREET AT THE BASE OF THE BIRMINGHAM BRIDGE. I WANT TO STEP TO THE SIDE AND SHOW YOU WHAT WE’RE SEEING OUT HERE. THIS HUGE PILE OF DEBRIS THAT YOU’RE SEEING IS ACTUALLY THE ROOF BELONGING TO LAURA FURNITURE DESIGN AND LAURA LOFT. THAT ROOF BLEW OFF DURING THE STORM. NOW, PITTSBURGH PUBLIC WORKS IS WORKING TO GET THIS PILE OF DEBRIS OUT OF THE ROAD. IT CERTAINLY DRAWING IN A LOT OF ONLOOKERS, SPECTATORS, PEOPLE COMING TO TAKE PICTURES OF IT. IT’S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEE EVERY DAY HERE ON EAST CARSON FOR DRIVERS. IF YOU ARE COMING OFF OF THE BRIDGE, YOU’RE NOT ABLE TO TURN RIGHT BECAUSE OF THIS PILE OF DEBRIS. CREWS HAVE IT BLOCKED OFF. POLICE ARE ON SCENE. I DID TALK WITH OFFICERS. THEY SAID AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY DON’T KNOW OF ANY INJURIES. WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANY AMBULANCE OR FIRE TRUCKS. JUST POLICE AND PUBLIC WORKS AT THE MOMENT. AGAIN, IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN THIS AREA, MAKE SURE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FOR SOME DELAYS BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS BIG PILE OF DEBRIS IS OBSTRUCTING THE ROAD. SO STAY WITH US. WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO BRING UPDATES. WE’RE GOING TO TALK TO PEOPLE OUT HERE AND SEE WHAT THEY SAW DURING THE STORM. SO WE’LL HAVE THAT FOR YOU TONIGHT AT 11. REPORTING LIVE IN PITTSBURGH. I’M JORDAN CIOPPA, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. JORDAN, GIVE US A LOOK AT SOME OF THE DAMAGE DONE IN PITTSBURGH’S SOUTH SID
Severe storms sweep through western Pa. | Videos, photos show damage, capsized tiki boat
Updated: 8:31 PM EDT Apr 29, 2025
Strong storms on Tuesday evening resulted in massive damage and multiple power outages throughout western Pennsylvania. Viewer shared videos and photos showed damage caused by the powerful storms: Video: Tree on top of car in Penn Hills Video, Alexandra Bennett: Tiki boat capsizes on the Mon RiverVideo: Wires on fire in Jefferson Hills If you are in a safe area and can do so, send any weather-related photos to [email protected]. To stay-up-to-date on possible weather impacts, view Pittsburgh’s Action News 4’s interactive radar. View weather conditions throughout the week here.
Pennsylvania —Strong storms on Tuesday evening resulted in massive damage and multiple power outages throughout western Pennsylvania.
Viewer shared videos and photos showed damage caused by the powerful storms:
Video: Tree on top of car in Penn Hills
Video, Alexandra Bennett: Tiki boat capsizes on the Mon River
Video: Wires on fire in Jefferson Hills
If you are in a safe area and can do so, send any weather-related photos to [email protected].
To stay-up-to-date on possible weather impacts, view Pittsburgh’s Action News 4’s interactive radar. View weather conditions throughout the week here.
