Storms knock out power to thousands; electricity restored for most

Neither rain nor snow or sleet will stop the return of shopping carts to the Kroger Market Place in Beavercreek, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. MARSHALL GORBY \STAFF

Neither rain nor snow or sleet will stop the return of shopping carts to the Kroger Market Place in Beavercreek, Wednesday, April 5, 2023. MARSHALL GORBY \STAFF
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Updated April 6, 2023
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Power has been restored to most after thunderstorms brought high winds and heavy rainfall that blew down tree branches and knocked out thousands.

The majority of power outages was reported in Montgomery County, with more than 5,400 as of 4:30 p.m., according to the AES Ohio online outage map. By 6:05 p.m. Wednesday, that number was down to 535, and by 10:36 p.m., it was down to 29.

Following are outages reported as of 12:36 a.m. Thursday by AES Ohio, Duke Energy and Ohio Edison:

Butler County: 1

Darke County: 1

Greene County: 201

Montgomery County: 15

Warren County: 670

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