Power outages for DP&L customers from this week’s storms relent

UPDATE @6:30 a.m. July 14

Power has been restored to several hundred DP&L customers, but some remain in the dark.

RELATED: Cleanup continues from Tuesday’s storms 

The latest outages:

• Montgomery County: 168 outages
• Preble County: 55 outages
• Greene County: 22 outages
• Miami County: 5 outages
• Warren County: 12 outages

A few outages have also been reported in Miami, Shelby and Warren Counties.

EARLIER REPORT 

More than 62,000 DP&L customers were without power at the peak of Tuesday’s wind storm, marking the worst storm officials with the utility provider said they’ve seen in five years.

PHOTOS: High winds cause damage across the Miami Valley

Over 3,000 DP&L customers remain without power in Montgomery and Preble counties Thursday morning. According to an online outage map, at 9 a.m. Thursday these outages remained:

• 2,437 customers in Montgomery County
• 494 were reported in Preble County

DP&L will distribute ice to residents in Camden and Trotwood today, according to a DP&L news release. After the storms on Tuesday, there are still many customers with extended outages in those areas as a result of downed trees, poles and power lines.

VIDEO:  High winds hit downtown Dayton

RELATED: Trees down, homes damaged after stormy Tuesday

FROM SKY 7: Tree falls on Dayton house

The ice distribution in Camden will be located at the roadside rest station across the street from Dollar General located at 6775 North Main Street. The ice will be at the large water tower from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.

Ice distribution in Trotwood will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Trotwood Fire & Rescue located at  5469 Little Richmond Road.

“We’re doing all we can to safely restore power,” Operations Manager Chad Bocook said in a press confrence Wednesday.

The last storm, which he called a “derecho” weather event, occurred June 29, 2012 also resulted in more than 50,000 customers to be without power.

Power outages impacting people in Montgomery, Preble Power outages impacting people in Montgomery, Preble

DP&L has over 500 crew members working in the hardest hit areas, which Bocook says are all to the west of downtown Dayton and stretches out toward Eaton.

Bocook said they’ve also enlisted the help of outside sources for additional help, including help from local municipalities. Outages can fluctuate when restoring power, as crews may have to shut off services in one area to restore them in another as a safety measure, he said.

“The biggest thing is to be patient because of the damage that’s been done. It takes some time to replace poles and things like that.”