Thousands without power in wake of destructive storms from Ida

PHILADELPHIA - Thousands are left without power after a massive and powerful storm system that once made up Hurricane Ida barrelled over the Delaware Valley on Wednesday leaving behind a wake of devastation.

Energy company PECO, which serves Philadelphia and most of its neighboring counties, reported over 54,000 outages on Thursday morning. According to the company's outage map, customers in Montgomery County and areas north of Philadelphia were the hardest hit by the most affected.

Montgomery County faces dangerous flooding conditions

Dawn Timmeney reports on the heavy rainfall causing roadways to be impassable

PPL, an energy provider that mainly serves the Lehigh Valley, reported over 4,000 outages on Thursday morning. The outages also stretched down into Lancaster County and areas near Pennsylvania's capitol.

Meanwhile, in New Jersey, PSE&G whittled down its number of outages to below 1,000 following the wrath of powerful storms that caused flooding and spawned tornadoes.

LOCAL STORM DAMAGE HEADLINES

The large system of damaging weather first pushed into the Delaware Valley on Wednesday afternoon, with drenching downpours that caused streets to flood and rivers and creeks to overflow. By the time the downpours ended, some areas saw 9 inches of rainfall.

Multiple homes destroyed in Mullica Hill after tornado rips throughout neighborhood

Videos sent to FOX 29 show a tornado on the ground in Mullica Hill, New Jersey. FOX 29's Jennifer Joyce reports several homes were destroyed in one neighborhood and minor injures were reported.

Flooding was just one cause of devastation in the Delaware Valley as "large and extremely dangerous" tornadoes ripped through parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Perhaps the most destructive twister tore through a neighborhood in Mullica Hill, Gloucester County leaving several homes completely destroyed.

While the storms have moved out of the area, forecasters warn that the flooding waters might not begin to recceed until the weekend.