After days of darkness for many Northeast Ohioans, energy companies are still working to restore power to thousands of customers in Northeast Ohio.
On Monday afternoon, anchor Tracy Carloss went out to Dover Center and Lorain in North Olmsted, where businesses were still without power. FirstEnergy says crews there are elsewhere are working to restore power.
Big impact
Across Northeast Ohio, Central Ohio and Western Pennsylvania, FirstEnergy said 668,000 customers were impacted by the outages. As of Monday morning, 27,000 of those were still without power.
Customers without power on Monday at 2 p.m.:
- Cuyahoga 7,959
- Geauga 1,012
All other counties are in the triple-digits or less.
For Illuminating Company customers in Ashtabula County or the Westlake area, they were told power would be restored by 11 p.m. on Sunday. Remaining Illuminating Company customers will have power restored by Monday at 11 p.m.
Ohio Edison customers in Alliance, Elyria, Lorain, Massillon, Medina, Sandusky, and Vermilion were told they would have power restored by Sunday at 11 p.m. The remaining Ohio Edison areas will have power restored by Monday at 11 p.m.
FirstEnergy said many customers will have power restored before the estimated time, depending on the damage in the area.
CLICK HERE to see outages reported by FirstEnergy.
CLICK HERE to see outages reported by Cleveland Public Power.
These outages came after record-breaking winds whipped through Ohio on Friday, causing downed power lines, trees and fences.
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Over 6,900 FirstEnergy employees, contractors and outside resources are working to restore power, with additional crews being deployed to the hardest-hit areas as they become available.
The power company said it will prioritize restoring power to those who lost it from Friday's storm, but crews will continue to work around the clock until all customers impacted by either weather event have power restored.
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On Sunday, AEP Ohio posted an update on the power outages:
Carroll Electric Cooperative Inc also posted to Facebook with the following statement:
"OUTAGE UPDATE 3/15 7:25 AM: Good morning, Carroll Electric members. We know it's stressful and frustrating to be out of power for so long. Our line crews, tree crews, and additional assistance from other utilities are working diligently to address each outage. Estimates have not changed that outages will continue for the next couple of days. We greatly appreciate your patience through this historic storm damage.
Friday's windstorm with wind gusts reaching 70 miles per hour caused extensive damage to electrical systems across the state, and Carroll Electric was not exempt. This is the worst storm we have experienced since Hurricane Ike in 2008."
With those efforts still underway, a Wind Advisory has been issued for multiple Northeast Ohio counties.
