Several thousand power outages remain in the Lehigh Valley on Saturday after Friday night's storms, as the region deals with another day of extreme heat.
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
A tree fell onto this house on West Fifth Street in Alburtis, tearing away part of the roof, after severe storms moved through the area Friday evening July 3, 2026. The storms cut power to thousands of customers across the Lehigh Valley amid days of extreme heat. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
A tree fell onto this house on West Fifth Street in Alburtis, tearing away part of the roof, after severe storms moved through the area Friday evening July 3, 2026. The storms cut power to thousands of customers across the Lehigh Valley amid days of extreme heat. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
Traffic maneuvers around downed trees on Gun Club Road in Hereford Township on their way to Bear Creek Ski Area’s 4th of July Celebration on July 3, 2026, in Lower Macungie. (Sharon Merkel/Special to The Morning Call)
A firetruck heads up Gun Club Road in Hereford Township to help clear roads blocking drivers heading to Bear Creek Ski Area’s 4th of July Celebration on July 3, 2026, in Lower Macungie. (Sharon Merkel/Special to The Morning Call)
Damage from an early evening storm caused road closures and snarled traffic on July 3, 2026, in Lower Macungie. (Sharon Merkel/Special to The Morning Call)
Damage from an early evening storm downed trees Mill Hill Road on July 3, 2026, in Lower Macungie. (Sharon Merkel/Special to The Morning Call)
Damage from an early evening storm downed trees and sheared the top of a utility pole is seen here on Reservoir Hill on July 3, 2026, in Lower Macungie. (Sharon Merkel/Special to The Morning Call)
Damage from an early evening storm downed trees and sheared the top of a utility pole is seen here on Reservoir Hill on July 3, 2026, in Lower Macungie. (Sharon Merkel/Special to The Morning Call)
Damage from an early evening storm downed trees Mill Hill Road on July 3, 2026, in Lower Macungie. (Sharon Merkel/Special to The Morning Call)
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Storm damage is seen in Alburtis on Friday evening, July 3, 2026. Severe storms moved through the Lehigh Valley, cutting power to thousands amid days of extreme heat just as Fourth of July celebrations were getting started. (Rich Rolen/Special to The Morning Call)
A truck driver from Massachusetts charged in the death of a Pennsylvania state trooper in a fiery crash in Schuylkill County is a Haitian illegal immigrant, DHS says.
See photos of storm damage around the Lehigh Valley the day before the Fourth of July 2026. The Alburtis and Macungie areas were particularly hard hit.
