MIAMI VALLEY — UPDATE @ 6:05 P.M.
Thousands remain without power after storms move through the Miami Valley on Friday and Saturday.
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As of 7:50 p.m., 6,100 AES Ohio customers are without power, according to AES Ohio’s outage map.
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Here’s how the outages break down by county:
- Montgomery: 5,990
- Butler: 1,048
- Warren: 90
- Greene: 63
- Logan: 15
- Clinton: 11
- Clark: 10
- Miami: 8
- Preble: 4
- Champaign: 1
- Darke: 1
Duke Energy reports that over 1,100 customers are without power in Butler and Warren counties.
An AES Ohio spokesperson confirmed with News Center 7 that most of the damage crews are seeing is from downed trees caused by high winds that came through Friday evening and overnight into Saturday.
Crews are fully staffed and working to restore power to impacted areas, according to the spokesperson.
We’ll continue to update this developing story.
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