Power outages continue after storms hit the Miami Valley

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Hundreds of people were still without power Thursday afternoon after thunderstorms and gusty winds hit the Miami Valley.

As of 3:54 p.m., there were 2,235 total AES Ohio customers without service, including 390 in Warren County, according to the AES Ohio Outage Map.

“Safety first, stay away from down power lines!” read a post from the company on X, formerly known as Twitter. AES Ohio encouraged people to report their outages at https://myprofile.aes-ohio.com/weboutage/Default.aspx.

AES Ohio is reporting the following outages as of 2:54 p.m.:

  • Champaign County: 11
  • Clark County: 3
  • Greene County: 86
  • Miami County: 11
  • Montgomery County: 192
  • Warren County 390

Earlier Thursday morning, AES Ohio had nearly 7,900 customers without service in the region.

Ohio Edison was reporting 328 outages in Clark County as of 3:52 p.m.

Thunderstorms in central Ohio started moving southwest into the Miami Valley region early Thursday, bringing heavy rains and gusty winds. Storms moved out of the region by late morning, with skies clearing for some sunshine in the afternoon.

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