More than 117,000 people are without power in the PPL coverage area as of 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Summit Hill is currently in a state of emergency. The Hill Top Community Center is open as a shelter.

Carbon County had 6,651 PPL customers without power according to PPL Utilities. Wind gusts are expected to continue through the day, causing trees to fall on wires.

Carbon County has 7,107  customers without power. The breakdown includes East Penn, with  1,333  affected, Franklin, 689;  Jim Thorpe,  1,112; Kidder,  1,417 ,  Lansford,  38 ; Lower Towamensing, 85, Mahoning,  678 ;  Packer Township, 166; Penn Forest Township,  599 ; Summit Hill, 6; Towamensing,  983 and Weissport, 1.

Monroe County has  21,663 people without power, including 3,891 in Chestnuthill Township,  1,096 in Eldred Township, and  1,414 in Polk Township. [naviga:font face="Calibri"][naviga:font color="#000000"][naviga:font size="3"] [/naviga:font][/naviga:font][/naviga:font] MetEd has 2,016 customers out of power in Ross Township.

Northampton County has 8,823 PPL customers without power, including 449in Lehigh Township and 7 in Walnutport Borough.

Lehigh County has 17,918 PPL customers without power, including 1,780 in Washington Township.

In Schuylkill County, 1,082 people are without power in West Penn Township, with 5 in Schuylkill Township, 15 in Tamaqua borough and 71 in Ryan Township.

Lehighton borough secretary Brenda Kreitz said that around noon, customers along North Main Lane, Lehigh Drive, Route 443, First through Ninth streets, out to S. 10th Street were without  power, including the Heights.

The borough is one of 35 municipalities that owns its own electric utility, as Lehighton Light & Power is locally owned and controlled.

Kreitz said the power was out for about an hour and was caused by a tree at the borough's sewer plant.

Trees are down on wires in many locations.

According to scanner reports, a tree has knocked down wires at the intersection of  Mill Road and Route 443 in Normal Square.

Another tree is hanging on wires on Canal Road.

"Today’s nor’easter with its high winds is causing a lot of damage throughout our service area, and more bad weather is to come. There are many individual repair locations, so some outages may be prolonged. We urge customers to prepare for that possibility," a PPL statement released through their website on Friday morning said.

"Our crews are working as quickly and safely as possible to restore power to all customers," PPL regional affairs director Carol Obando-Derstine said.

Obando-Derstine recommended that all PPL customers keep their phones and other personal devices fully charged in the event of an outage, and report any outage to 1-800-DIAL-

PPL (1-800-342-5775) as soon as possible.

"Reporting your issue helps us to determine the size and scope of the outages," she said.

Continuing strong winds may contribute to fallen trees and limbs, resulting in further outages.

Customers can sign up for PPL alerts through www.pplelectric.com.