NEWS REPORTS INDICATE THAT EBENSBURG AND CAMBRIA TOWNSHIP IN CAMBRIA COUNTY WERE HIT HARD BY THE STORM THAT PRODUCED MORE ICE AND FREEZING RAIN THAN SNOW. RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN BOTH MUNICIPALITIES LOST POWER DURING THE DAY ON FRIDAY, BUT IT WAS RESTORED BY FRIDAY EVENING. THE CAUSE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION, BUT OFFICIALS SAY THE PRELIMINARY CAUSE WAS THE ICE THAT ACCUMULATED FROM THE STORM. PENELEC REPORTED THAT SOME 4000 OF ITS CUSTOMERS WERE WITHOUT POWER. THE LIGHTS WERE BACK ON SOMETIME AROUND 7:30 FRIDAY NIGHT.
