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DP&L reports 3,346 still without power from Saturday’s gusting winds

UPDATE Oct. 21 @ 12:59 a.m.: 

According to DP&L, 3,346 still without power from Saturday’s winds. The number has dropped from the 5,000 outages reported earlier Saturday evening.

  • Butler: 21
  • Clark: 16
  • Clinton: 235
  • Darke: 66
  • Greene: 302
  • Logan: 20
  • Miami: 407
  • Montgomery: 2,031
  • Preble: 166
  • Shelby: 3
  • Warren: 16
According to Duke Energy, 18,604 still without power in:
  • Butler: 963
  • Clinton: 84
  • Hamilton: 9,332
  • Warren: 254

According to Ohio Edison, 33,776 are without power, including 1,947 in Clark County.

UPDATE Oct. 20 @ 9:05 p.m.:

According to DP&L, 5,293 still have outages in these counties:

  • Butler: 137
  • Clark: 171
  • Clinton: 279
  • Darke: 93
  • Greene: 578
  • Logan: 64
  • Miami: 717
  • Montgomery: 2,490
  • Preble: 237
  • Shelby: 176
  • Warren: 109

According to Duke Energy, 20,724 outages in Ohio have been reported, those include:

  • Butler: 1,977
  • Clinton: 84
  • Warren: 2,284

According to Ohio Edison, 36,434 outages have been reported, including 2,801 in Clark County.

Trees and power lines down are also still being reported throughout the Miami Valley.

UPDATE Oct. 20 @ 7:25 p.m.:

Due to the heavy wind, many trees and power lines continue to fall down, causing power outages.

11,939 customers have power outages in these counties, according to the DP&L outage map:

  • Butler: 137
  • Clark: 314
  • Clinton: 142
  • Darke: 216
  • Greene: 520
  • Logan: 47
  • Miami: 453
  • Montgomery: 9,498
  • Preble: 234
  • Shelby: 173
  • Warren: 101

A tree fell onto power lines and a tree fell onto North Main Street in Miamisburg.

A tree fell onto a house while the resident was still inside and a tree also fell down across the road on Lake Road in Medway.

A tree fell onto a house on Beach Drive in Medway.

UPDATE Oct. 20 @ 4:45 p.m.:

DP&L crews have restored over 2,000 customers power within the last few hours, according to DP&L Spokesperson Kevin Hall.

Most outages, with the increase of gusty winds, are due to tree limbs falling and coming down into power lines.

It’s anticipated we will see similar conditions over the next several hours as wind gust continues, said Hall.

Crews will continue to work through the rest of the evening to ensure all customers are back in service.

It is unknown when all power will be restored.

FIRST REPORT Oct. 20:

Nearly 4,000 power outages have been reported in the Miami Valley area, according to the DP&L outage map.

A wind advisory for the area is in effect until midnight Sunday. We are working to confirm the cause of the outages.

A tree limb struck a power line at North Main Street and Kercher Street in Miamisburg at 3 p.m. Sparks with smoke were seen in the area, said a sergeant with the regional dispatch center.

A tree fell across an alleyway and hit a power line in the 1000 block of Carlisle Avenue in Dayton at 3:10 p.m.

Police responded to a downed wires call in the 3100 block of Otterbein Avenue in Dayton around 3:30 p.m., according the regional dispatch center.

A tree fell on power lines above a garage in Walnut Hills between Wayne Avenue and Wyoming Street.

It’s not clear if wind was a factor.

The following areas have outages, according to the DP&L outage map:

  • West Carrollton with 1,756 customers affected with an estimated restoration time of 5 p.m.
  • New Lebanon with 593 affected with an estimated restoration time of 4 p.m.
  • Centerville with 97 affected with an estimated restoration time of 7 p.m.
  • Bellbrook with 81 affected with an estimated restoration time of 6:30 p.m.
  • New Paris with 78 affected with an estimated restoration time of 5:30 p.m.
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