Verizon Wireless responds about outages in the Valley

Many people in the Valley are experiencing problems with Verizon Wireless.

People have called and messaged 21 News reporting that they were unable to send and receive messages.

Weekend anchor and reporter Caroline Collins reached out to Verizon Wireless Customer Support on Twitter.

The company responded with a tweet stating, "We understand wanting to be in the loop of any issues our customers may be experiencing in your area. Verizon is currently experiencing a wireless network issue in your area. Our technicians are aware of this issue and are working diligently to resolve it quickly. *CAH."

A map of Verizon outages shows widespread problems in Pennsylvania and Ohio.