Cleanup efforts are entering a third day after strong storms slammed the Pittsburgh area earlier this week, leaving three people dead and hundreds of thousands without power. A state of emergency was declared for the city of Pittsburgh and for Allegheny County after the storms moved through the region,

More than 200,000 customers remain without power in the Pittsburgh area after a storm brought tornado-level winds.

Pittsburgh Public Safety announced that a man was electrocuted by live wires in the South Side Slopes area of the city, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. In a news conference on Wednesday, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey extended condolences to the victim's family and held a moment of silence.