Power has been restored to most after strong thunderstorms moved through the area, leaving over 2,000 power customers without electricity at the peak.
The worst of the outages happened around 7 p.m. in Middletown, leaving 1,979 power customers in the dark.
According to the Duke Energy map, the outages in Middletown were all reported at around 6:45 p.m., after the National Weather Service in Wilmington announced a strong thunderstorm would affect Butler, Warren and Montgomery counties until around 7:15 p.m.
As of 9:50 p.m., the number of outages by county are as follows, according to the AES and Duke Energy outage maps.
- Greene: 94
- Butler: 27
- Montgomery: 3
- Warren: 2
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