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Tens Of Thousands Without Power As Severe Weather Moves Through Region
By: Atish Baidya
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UPDATE 6:40 p.m A severe line of thunderstorms moving through most of Ohio is leaving hundreds of thousands without power, damaging buildings and flooding roads.
In Athens County there are multiple reports of trees down on Diamond Brook Rd. The following roads are also closed in the county because of high water.
Truetown Road from State route 13 to Township Road 409
Glen Ebon Road from US Route 33 to State Route 691
Millfield Road from Truetown Road to West Street
Frost Rad from Township Rad 182 to Township Road 1263
Reports of damage are coming in from trained spotters throughout the state. One spotter for the National Weather Service reported at least two large trees down on State Route 204 in Fairfield County.
Reports from Perry County include fallen trees, fires because of down power lines and hail about 0.7 of an inch in diameter. The Ohio Department of Transportation garage in New Lexington reported wind gusts of 48 miles per hour.
Portions of State Route 36 in Coshocton were closed because of high water.
Reports of damaged warehouse buildings in Hilliard and Columbus are also coming into the National Weather Service. The Columbus Police Department is reporting some people have sustained minor injuries because of broken glass.
According to AEP Ohio's outage map more than 70,000 customers are without power in the region. The following counties are reporting outages:
Franklin: 32,741
Fairfield: 5,171
Licking: 3,547
Muskingum: 2,676
Coshocton: 703
Tuscarawas: 12,372
Perry: 1,253
Morgan: 763
Hocking: 2,693
Ross: 2,984
Meigs: 367
Athens: 2,056
Scioto: 1,405
Guernsey: 228
Carrol: 493
Harrison: 936
Belmont: 746
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UPDATE 6:25 p.m A severe line of thunderstorms moving through most of Ohio is leaving hundreds of thousands without power, damaging buildings and flooding roads.
In Athens County there are multiple reports of trees down on Diamond Brook Rd.
Reports of damage are coming in from trained spotters throughout the state. One spotter for the National Weather Service reported at least two large trees down on State Route 204 in Fairfield County.
Reports from Perry County include fallen trees, fires because of down power lines and hail about 0.7 of an inch in diameter. The Ohio Department of Transportation garage in New Lexington reported wind gusts of 48 miles per hour.
Portions of State Route 36 in Coshocton were closed because of high water.
Reports of damaged warehouse buildings in Hilliard and Columbus are also coming into the National Weather Service. The Columbus Police Department is reporting some people have sustained minor injuries because of broken glass.
According to AEP Ohio's outage map more than 70,000 customers are without power in the region. The following counties are reporting outages:
Franklin: 32,741
Fairfield: 5,171
Licking: 3,547
Muskingum: 2,676
Coshocton: 703
Tuscarawas: 12,372
Perry: 1,253
Morgan: 763
Hocking: 2,693
Ross: 2,984
Meigs: 367
Athens: 2,056
Scioto: 1,405
Guernsey: 228
Carrol: 493
Harrison: 936
Belmont: 746
For up to date information on watches and warnings, click here.
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UPDATE 5:25 p.m A severe line of thunderstorms moving through most of Ohio is causing plenty of problems for the region.
According to AEP Ohio's outage map 29,058 customers in Franklin County are without power. Other counties experiencing outages include:
Fairfield: 5,507
Licking: 2,277
Muskingum: 2,075
Coshocton: 334
Tuscarawas: 3,500
Perry: 326
Morgan: 140
Hocking: 234
Ross: 2,943
Meigs: 366
Scioto: 266
There are scattered reports from trained spotters of storm damage throughout the region. One spotter for the National Weather Service reported at least two large trees down on State Route 204 in Fairfield County. Reports from Perry County include fallen trees, fires because of down power lines and hail about 0.7 of an inch in diameter. The Ohio Department of Transportation garage in New Lexington reported wind gusts of 48 miles per hour.
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UPDATE 5:09 p.m Tens of thousands of AEP Ohio customer are without power as a line of severe thunderstorms are moving though the majority of the Ohio.
According to AEP Ohio's outage map 27,061 customers are without electricity in Franklin County. Other counties experiencing outages include:
Fairfield: 3,099
Licking: 1,510
Muskingum: 2,011
Morgan: 140
Meigs: 366
Coshocton: 214
There are scattered reports from trained spotters of storm damage throughout the region. One spotter for the National Weather Service reported at least two large trees down on State Route 204 in Fairfield County.
For up to date information on watches and warnings, click here.
You can also keep up to date on our Facebook page and on Twitter.
Thousands of customers are without power as a strong storm system of moving through the area.
According to the American Electric Power outage map, 10,440 customers are without power in Franklin County. Other outages include:
Meigs: 366
Morgan: 140
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