THE LEHIGH COUNTY CORONER IS ATTRIBUTING TWO MORE LEHIGH VALLEY DEATHS TO HURRICANE SANDY.  48-YEAR-OLD TAMMY KEROSETZ WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD TUESDAY AFTERNOON AT HER LOWER MACUNGIE TOWNSHIP HOME.  THE CORONER SAYS SHE DIED FROM CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING FROM EXHAUST FUMES FROM A PORTABLE GAS GENERATOR THAT WAS RUNNING INSIDE THE GARAGE.  ALSO, 86-YEAR-OLD THERESA SCHLITZER WAS FOUND DEAD TUESDAY MORNING OUTSIDE HER OREFIELD HOME.  CORONER SCOTT GRIM ATTRIBUTES HER DEATH TO HYPOTHERMIA AND SAYS SHE DIED FROM PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS DURING THE STORM.

  A WIND GAP TEEN IS DEAD AFTER A MONDAY NIGHT ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE CRASH.  17-YEAR-OLD ROBERT MILLS, OF WIND GAP, WAS RIDING AN ATV ON WEST CENTER STREET NEAR ROUTE 33 MONDAY NIGHT DURING HURRICANE SANDY.  HE APPARENTLY HIT A DOWNED TREE AND WAS TOSSED FROM THE ATV AROUND 9:30 MONDAY NIGHT.  MILLS DIED LESS THAN FOUR HOURS LATER AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL-FOUNTAIN HILL.

  SLOWLY BUT SURELY, PPL IS BEGINNING TO GET THE UPPER HAND ON POWER OUTAGES THAT ARE AFFECTING NEARLY 290,000 CUSTOMERS ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA.  "WE DID MAKE PROGRESS AND WE'RE CONTINUING TO DO THAT.  WE WON'T REST UNTIL THE LAST PERSON IS BACK IN SERVICE.  YOU CAN BE SURE OF THAT," SPOKESMAN JOE NIXON SAYS.  ABOUT 100,000 CUSTOMERS SAW THEIR LIGHTS GO BACK ON ON TUESDAY AND HE EXPECTS SIMILAR NUMBERS TODAY AS WELL.  MORE THAN HALF OF ALL PPL CUSTOMERS WITHOUT SERVICE AS OF MID-MORNING LIVE IN LEHIGH AND NORTHAMPTON COUNTIES.

  HURRICANE SANDY IS GONE BUT PENNDOT SPOKESMAN RON YOUNG SAYS ITS IMPACT ISN'T.  "THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME CLEANUP GOING ON FOR SEVERAL DAYS, IF NOT LONGER, AND THERE WILL STILL BE SOME STATE ROADS CLOSED," YOUNG SAYS.  PENNDOT AND POLICE REMIND YOU THAT IF YOU COME TO AN INTERSECTION WITHOUT FUNCTIONING TRAFFIC LIGHTS, YOU MUST TREAT IT AS YOU WOULD AN INTERSECTION WITH FOUR-WAY STOP SIGNS.  YOUNG CALLS SANDY'S IMPACT "MONUMENTAL" AND AGAIN SAYS IT WILL LIKELY BE AT LEAST A FEW MORE DAYS UNTIL ALL ROADS ARE REOPENED.

  EASTON'S MAYOR SAYS HURRICANE SANDY WAS PRETTY BAD, BUT COULD'VE BEEN A LOT WORSE.  "WE HAVE MAJOR DAMAGE IN THE CITY.  IT WAS WIND DAMAGE AND NOT RAIN.  WE'RE NOT EXPECTING ANY FLOODING OR ANYTHING," SAYS SAL PANTO.  HE SAYS DOWNED TREES KNOCKED DOWN POWER LINES IN HIS CITY, CAUSING ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF EASTON TO LOSE POWER.  IN ALLENTOWN, MAYOR ED PAWLOWSKI IS ENCOURAGING RESIDENTS TO CONSERVE WATER AS BEST THEY CAN.  "A LOT OF THE PUMPS ARE DOWN.  RIGHT NOW GRAVITY IS FEEDING THE SYSTEM.  WE CAN PROBABLY GO ANOTHER DAY OR DAY-AND-A-HALF," PAWLOWSKI SAYS.  IN BETHLEHEM, POWER OUTAGES REMAIN THE BIGGEST PROBLEM AND THOSE RESIDENTS WHO EVACUATED IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS HAVE NOW BEEN ALLOWED BACK INTO THEIR HOMES.

  "IT'S TOO EARLY AT THIS POINT TO SAY EXACTLY HOW MUCH THIS IS GOING TO COST," LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JIM CAWLEY SAYS.  HOWEVER, HE CAN SAY WITH CERTAINTY IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY COSTLY STORM HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA.  IT'S EXPECTED THAT HURRICANE SANDY WILL HAVE CAUSED BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE BEFORE IT FINALLY WORKS ITS WAY OUT OF THE UNITED STATES.

  WHILE FLIGHTS HAVE SLOWLY BEGUN COMING INTO AND LEAVING LEHIGH VALLEY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, THE AIRPORT'S SPOKESPERSON SAYS THEY'RE STILL A LONG WAY FROM BUSINESS AS USUAL.  "I THINK IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE DAYS TO GET INTO A NORMAL ROUTINE AGAIN.  IF PEOPLES' FLIGHTS ARE CANCELLED, THEY NEED TO CHECK WITH THEIR CARRIER ABOUT GETTING THEIR FLIGHTS RESCHEDULED OR REFUNDED," SAYS SUSAN KITTLE.  SHE SAYS THE AIRPORT SUFFERED ONLY MINOR DAMAGE FROM HURRICANE SANDY.

  GOVERNOR TOM CORBETT IS TAKING STEPS TO ENSURE POWER OUTAGES CAUSED BY HURRICANE SANDY DON'T INTERFERE WITH NEXT TUESDAY'S ELECTION.  THE GOVERNOR HAS DIRECTED PENNSYLVANIA'S SECRETARY OF STATE TO CONTACT COUNTY ELECTION BOARDS AND ASSESS THE SITUATION THIS WEEK.  CORBETT HOPES TO HAVE A FULL REPORT BY EITHER TODAY OR TOMORROW SO THAT THE POWER COMPANIES CAN MAKE SURE ALL OF THE STATE'S POLLING PLACES HAVE ELECTRICITY TO RUN THEIR ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES.  IN LEHIGH COUNTY, ELECTIONS CHIEF CLERK TIM BENYO SAYS THE BATTERY LIFE ON THEIR MACHINES ONLY LASTS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF HOURS.  BENYO SAYS IF POWER ISN'T BACK FOR THE 151 POLLING PLACES BY ELECTION DAY, IT'LL BE A PROBLEM.

  THE CAMPAIGNS OF MITT ROMNEY AND BARACK OBAMA ARE LAUNCHING STATEWIDE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS IN PENNSYLVANIA, A TRADITIONAL BATTLEGROUND THAT NEVERTHELESS HAS BEEN IGNORED UNTIL LATELY.  A ROMNEY AD ANNOUNCED TUESDAY SHOWS FOOTAGE OF HIM CHASTISING OBAMA AT A DEBATE OVER OBAMA'S POLICIES TOWARD COAL.  TWO OBAMA ADS SET TO RUN IN PENNSYLVANIA INCLUDE ONE WHERE THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS DIRECTLY TO THE CAMERA ABOUT HIS GOALS FOR ANOTHER TERM, AND ANOTHER THAT ATTACKS ROMNEY'S TAX PLANS AS FAVORING THE WEALTHY OVER THE MIDDLE CLASS.  THIS IS THE FIRST TIME ROMNEY'S SPENT MONEY ON TV ADS IN PENNSYLVANIA SINCE APRIL.  THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN AND PRO-ROMNEY GROUPS SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS OVER THE SUMMER ON TV ADS IN PENNSYLVANIA.  THOSE ADS LARGELY DISAPPEARED IN AUGUST AMID POLLING THAT PERSISTENTLY FAVORED OBAMA.

  FORMER KIDNAPPING AND SEXUAL-ABUSE VICTIM ELIZABETH SMART HAS PRAISED PENN STATE FOR A CONFERENCE ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE AND ITS PREVENTION AFTER THE JERRY SANDUSKY MOLESTATION SCANDAL.  SMART SAYS THE CONFERENCE IS AN "INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY" TO CHANGE HOW THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY AND THE REST OF THE COUNTRY LOOK AT ABUSE VICTIMS.  SHE WAS THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER TUESDAY ON THE FINAL DAY OF THE INAUGURAL THREE-DAY CONFERENCE.  SMART KIDNAPPED IN UTAH IN 2002 AT AGE 14 AND WAS HELD CAPTIVE FOR MONTHS.  SHE SAYS THE BEST ADVICE SHE RECEIVED IN HER RECOVERY IS TO LEAD A NORMAL LIFE AS A WAY TO PUNISH HER CAPTOR.