Thousands in Northeast Ohio still without power following strong winds, heavy storms

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Hundreds of houses throughout Northeast Ohio are nonetheless with out energy following Saturday’s extreme climate and heavy winds.

The March 25 storm introduced wind gusts of over 60 mph to the area, leaving a path of uprooted bushes and broken houses, as skilled by one 19 Information viewer in Bedford Heights who noticed a roof torn off of a cell residence.

The storms additionally left over 100,000 folks with out energy in Northeast Ohio, in response to the FirstEnergy outage map.

Almost 24 hours after the storms cleared, over 107,000 houses are nonetheless at midnight.

As of 11:21 a.m. on March 26, FirstEnergy is reporting the next counties to have main outages:

• Cuyahoga County: 14,204
• Geauga County: 13,208
• Ashtabula County: 8,870
• Lake County: 6,775
• Stark County: 6,674
• Portage County: 6,453
• Summit County: 4,277

Geauga County was one of many hardest-hit areas in the course of the storms, with FirstEnergy reporting 33.41% of its clients nonetheless with out energy.

FirstEnergy stated Sunday afternoon that energy has been restored to 293,000 houses up to now following the storm.

It is a creating story. Return to 19 Information for updates.

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