A power outage at an oil refinery in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, is the likely cause of a strange odor that was reported throughout Delaware, officials said. Residents in New Castle County, Delaware,

A power outage at Monroe Energy in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, caused the strong gas odor many smelled in northern Delaware.

In the event of a telephone outage, some Pennsylvania communities have an old-school yet vital failsafe to alert first responders to an emergency. One of those communities is in the Midstate.

We don't believe this was caused by a cyberattack or a software update,’ Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency director says

UPDATE: More than 10,000 people are without power across New York as a result of the storm. More than 8,600 people are estimated to be without power across northeastern Pennsylvania, according to Penelec and Claverack outage maps. ORIGINAL -- Hail is pouring on the Southern Tier as a storm hits the area.

Officials say the odor is from an equipment failure at a refinery in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. They say there is no hazard related to the odor.

The number of power outages in the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys is continuing to decrease after Monday’s storms knocked down trees and wires, cutting electricity to 400 homes and businesses.

Adam Gattuso, vice president of Public Affairs at Monroe, said the plant did have some flaring because of a temporary power loss. The flare was the plant burning off product after unexpected power outages from overnight storms caused the plant to temporarily lose power, requiring the plant to burn off excess gas.

Power was restored Friday night to most of New York and other parts of the United States and Canada affected by the widespread blackout that struck those areas Thursday. New York Gov. George Pataki said about 8 p.