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'Short, sharp storm': Fast-moving squall line leaves death, widespread destruction in W. Pa.

Roberta Knapp, 86, walks from her kitchen as a tree branch is seen poking through the diningroom ceiling of her Edgewood Road, Forest Hills home Wednesday, April 30, 2025. A severe storm with destructive winds swept through the region Tuesday evening and left a massive tree toppled over onto Knapp’s house. She was home at the time, but was in a back room and was not injured.

Crews and residents in Southwestern Pennsylvania on Wednesday began the long process of cleaning up after a severe storm described by officials as an “unprecedented event” left at least three people dead and hundreds of thousands without power.


Source: The Tribune-Review