After an outage that lasted for hours, 911 services were restored in Pennsylvania, officials announced.

The entire state of Pennsylvania is currently facing a 911 system outage, potentially preventing 911 calls from getting through to dispatchers. The Butler County Department of Emergency Services

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.

Pennsylvania state officials issued an alert Friday advising the public of an intermittent statewide 911 outage.

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

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,

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

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.

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.