A few hundred customers remain without power around the Miami Valley, but crews are working to restore power to the area.
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Gusts of wind are currently battering the Miami Valley, causing reports of trees down and power outages across the region.
As of 9:15 a.m., the Dayton Power & Light outage map lists 864 total customers without power, many clustered in the area around Eaton. However, dozens of small outages affecting only a few people litter the map. Even as some outages are fixed, more appear on the map.
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In Clark County, Ohio Edison has reported one very large outage in Springfield, leaving 1,209 people without power. In addition, 142 people are facing outages in Moorefield Township and a small number are without power in Springfield Township.
Today’s weather forecast called for wind gusts as high was 30-35 mph in the area.
DP&L reported that most of the outages are due to gusty winds overnight.
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