Remnants of the hurricane barreled through the Midwest and clipped Western Pennsylvania on its rapid march toward Canada, downing trees and road signs and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people.

Wind gusts reached hurricane strength of 79 mph at Beaver County Airport, the National Weather Service reported. A high wind warning was put into effect until midnight.

"We've got about a million trees down," said state police communications officer Rick Smith, who works in Beaver County. "The whole county pretty much seems to be getting beat up."

Winds were responsible for cutting power to about 90,000 Duquesne Light customers, spokesman Joseph Vallarian said. The most power failures in Allegheny County were reported in Hampton, McCandless and Ross, he said.

"Unfortunately, they get one thing fixed ... and we experience another outage," Vallarian said. "When the wind dies down, it'll make it a lot easier."

Allegheny Power reported disruptions to more than 25,000 customers.

A fallen overhead wire knocked out service in both directions on the Beechview Line of the T light-rail system between Neeld Avenue and South Hills Junction, said Port Authority spokesman David Whipkey. The Overbrook and Library lines were not affected. Service on the Monongahela Incline was disrupted temporarily, Whipkey said.

The wind knocked out traffic signals in several locations, forcing police and fire officials to direct traffic.

Emergency workers had blocked the approaches to the intersection of Washington and Burnside avenues in Bellevue. A Bellevue firefighter said wind had snapped off a telephone pole, which knocked down some power lines.

A large tree that toppled over, bringing power lines down with it, also blocked both lanes of traffic on Logans Ferry Road in Plum.

More than 658,000 Duke Energy customers were without power as of 5 p.m in southwest Ohio and northern Kentucky.

A woman was killed Sunday when high winds toppled a tree onto her home in a suburban neighborhood of Mt. Heathy, about 15 miles north of Cincinnati.

Strong gusts toppled trees throughout southwest Ohio, ripped roofs from buildings and temporarily shut down the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, which diverted some flights to Pittsburgh International Airport. There were no service interruptions at Pittsburgh International, a spokeswoman said.

Skies are expected to remain mostly cloudy in Pittsburgh Monday, with a high of about 70, according to the National Weather Service.

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