HARRISBURG, Pa.—Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property damage in their wake. Farther west, at least one person died in a massive wind-driven wildfire in Nebraska.
About 346,00 customers were still without electricity as of the late afternoon in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Michigan, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide.
A 66 mph gust at Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday was deemed its fourth-strongest on record that was not caused by a thunderstorm, according to the National Weather Service. Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport saw winds hit 85 mph that afternoon….