Over 7K without power, wind advisory in effect through the evening

A total of 7,640 area residents are without power this afternoon following Friday’s overnight storms and continued high winds on Saturday.

The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory in effect until 7 p.m. Saturday for portions of central and west central Ohio. Residents can expect winds at 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

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The following are outage totals by county, according to the AES, Duke and Ohio Edison outage maps, as of 2:24 p.m.

Montgomery: 1,351
Miami: 3,018
Greene: 831
Preble: 679
Butler: 61
Champaign: 1
Clark: 772
Darke: 51
Warren: 876

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