CLEVELAND — Powerful storms swept through Northeast Ohio Tuesday night, leaving downed power lines and broken utility poles in its path. In an update to its customers, Ohio Edison said about 75,000 total customers were left without power, and many of the 44,000 customers currently without power won’t have service restored until sometime tomorrow.
The storm left significant tree and equipment damage, particularly in Summit and Portage counties.
The damage includes more than 150 broken poles, 250 spans of downed wires and 120 road closures.
Ohio Edison said around 44,000 customers are without power, down from the 75,000 customers impacted.
Crews are currently out clearing damage and restoring power. The current times for restoration are:
- Macedonia, Alliance - late Wednesday night
- Kinsman, Warren, Youngstown – 10 am Thursday
- Hartville - 12 p.m. Thursday
- Akron, Medina, Kent, Salem, Jackson - Thursday night
Find more information power outages here.
Download the News 5 Cleveland app now for more stories from us, plus alerts on major news, the latest weather forecast, traffic information and much more. Download now on your Apple device here, and your Android device here.
You can also catch News 5 Cleveland on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, YouTube TV, DIRECTV NOW, Hulu Live and more. We're also on Amazon Alexa devices. Learn more about our streaming options here.
