Thousands experienced power outages Friday evening into Saturday morning across Northeast Ohio.
Counties such as Cuyahoga, Lake and Geauga were impacted the most.
Just before noon on Saturday, 485 customers are still without power in Lake County.
FirstEnergy sent the following statement regarding the outages:
We’ve restored service to approximately 11,000 Illuminating Company customers and 3,000 Ohio Edison customers who lost power when the high winds and snow passed through between dinner time and about 9 p.m. last night. Crews were on standby expecting inclement weather, and the vast majority of customers had power restored before midnight. Currently, approximately 200 Illuminating Company customers and 165 Ohio Edison customers are experiencing outages. We expect to restore power to them throughout the morning today.
The cause of the outage is unknown at this time, but News 5 is working to learn more information.
The outages come after snow squalls moved across the area late Friday evening.
Friday evening snow with frigid temps overnight
In a Facebook post, the Willowick Police Department said the mayor has opened the Willowick Senior Center as a warming center until power is restored.
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