![]() ![]() peak, when nearly 250,000 customers across the state were without power, including 170,000 in central Ohio. Leave a message for Alan Ashworth at 33 or email him at Follow him on Twitter at Record-Courier reporter Diane Smith also contributed to this story.MORROW COUNTY - Many bsinesses and residences remain without power today in Morrow County and some in Crawford County after Tuesday’s 8 p.m. A motorist said she was unable to reach 911 to report downed wires she spotted on Lake Rockwell Road. The Kent area appeared to be heavily hit, with more than 50 outages scattered throughout the area.Ī downed tree crossing Judson Road was spotted between Seasons and Hudson roads. In Portage County, some power customers reported outages in the same areas of Rootstown, Edinburg and Charlestown that were impacted by storms last week. Power was out at Georgetown Condominiums, and a fallen tree had caused damage to the back patio of one of the condos. ![]() In West Akron, a pine tree near Our Lady of the Elms fell across telephone transmission lines on West Market Street near Twin Oaks Road. "We have a very large number of power lines down and traffic signals that are not functioning!!!" "Please be careful if you are out and about!!!" the mayor posted. He also posted photos of power lines running across an unidentified road and a snapped power line pole. that Graham Road had been closed from state Route 91 to state Route 8. Pribonic posted on his Facebook page about 1:30 p.m. The weather service warned drivers to be wary and residents to secure objects outside their homes. Thunderstorms, hail and more damaging windsĪ severe thunderstorm watch was issued until 6 p.m., with severe storms, large hail and damaging winds possible. Brunswick and Granger Township were the hardest hit in Medina County. Randolph Township took the biggest hit in Portage County, with 2,077 customers powerless, or 91.5%. In Stark County, Massillon and Perry Township were hit hardest, with both communities posting nearly 5,000 customers without power at 2 p.m. Stow, 3,407 were affected Bath Township, 2,493 and Sagamore Hills, 1,403. Nearly all FE customers in Silver Lake - 1,093 of 1,095 - were affected. Some communities hit harder than othersĪkron was hardest hit, with more than 4,700 customers losing power, or 5.1%. On the company's online power outage map, FirstEnergy attributed most of the power outages in Summit County to severe weather. Saturday.īy 2 p.m., FirstEnergy was reporting 17,891 customers were without power in Summit County, about 8% of the company's 225,679 customers. ![]() The weather service had issued a wind advisory in the hours before winds picked up and added a hazardous weather advisory for the counties at noon on Saturday. The National Weather Service reported strong winds gusting at one point to 56 mph in Akron. Wind gusts in Akron, prediction of hail and thunderstorms "All I ask for right now is for people to be patient," the mayor said. Areas off of Steels Corners are out."Ībout one-fourth of FE's customers in Stow were without power at 3:30 p.m., the company reported. "The retail area by Kent Road - Giant Eagle, Target… - totally out. "This is clear across our whole city," the mayor said in a phone interview. They were joined by FirstEnergy crews battling outages across the region and state. Mayor John Pribonic said all city police and fire crews were responding to trees and power lines downed by the powerful winds. Stow was hit particularly hard, with Graham Road between Route 91 and Route 8 closed for downed power lines near an Edgewood Road substation. Strong winds that swept across Northeast Ohio on Saturday left a trail of downed power lines, toppled trees and power outages throughout the greater Akron area.įirstEnergy reported tens of thousands of its customers in Summit, Medina, Portage and Stark counties were without power Saturday afternoon. ![]()
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