Thousands of FirstEnergy customers are still without power Saturday after storms swept through Northeast Ohio on Friday night.
As of 8:02 p.m., the following counties are seeing the highest number of outages:
- Cuyahoga: 2,574
- Geauga: 2,795
Throughout this week, thousands were without power due to heat waves, especially in Lakewood.
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Saturday morning, FirstEnergy issued the following statement regarding the outages:
"Our crews have made significant progress restoring power following last night’s severe storms. Crews have already restored power to approximately 70% of impacted customers across our Ohio footprint.
After working through several days of extreme heat, crews continue to work around the clock as quickly and as safely as possible to restore power to customers currently without service. We are also closely monitoring the potential for more severe weather and are ready to respond should additional outages occur.
We understand that any power outage is inconvenient, especially during a heat wave and holiday weekend. We truly appreciate our customers' patience and understanding while we work to get everyone back up and running."
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