Lower Merion Twp. suspends gas-powered leaf blower ban due to storm damage in Montgomery County

LOWER MERION TWp., Pa. (WPVI) -- Lower Merion Township is temporarily suspending the gas-powered leaf blower ban after severe storms moved through the region over the weekend.

The National Weather Service said at least four of the microbursts brought straight-line wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph (97 to 113 kph) to Montgomery and Philadelphia counties between about 2:30 and 3:15 p.m. Saturday. Despite speculation that the damage.

The ban will be suspended through Saturday as residents and contractors work to clean up storm damage.

Several trees came down along South Bowman Avenue in Merion Station

Power was also knocked out, and several homes and cars were damaged.

The microbursts in Philadelphia were among a range of severe weather across the U.S. this weekend that included heatwaves, flooding and wildfires.