India, June 20 -- Thousands of residents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Newark, Delaware, are without power due to outages reported by PECO Energy Company (PECO). See outage map here.

According to PECO's latest data, the hardest-hit areas include:

Delaware County - 70,649 outages

Montgomery County - 60,138 outages

Chester County - 48,353 outages

Philadelphia County - 16,109 outages

Bucks County - 5,225 outages

York County - 218 outages

Prior to the outages, PECO issued a warning: "Severe storms are forecasted to bring heavy rain and strong winds to PECO service territories, lasting until 9pm. Prepare for potential downed trees and power lines."

Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Hindustan Times....