Hundreds remain without power after severe thunderstorms push through

The southbound lanes and one northbound lane on Salem Avenue near Yale Avenue are blocked due to a tree that fell during a thunderstorm on Tuesday afternoon, April 29, 2025. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF

The southbound lanes and one northbound lane on Salem Avenue near Yale Avenue are blocked due to a tree that fell during a thunderstorm on Tuesday afternoon, April 29, 2025. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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Hundreds of power customers remained in the dark overnight after severe thunderstorms rolled through southwest Ohio Tuesday.

Large numbers of outages were reported in Champaign, Clark, Greene and Montgomery counties, with the most outages reported in Champaign County at 2,680 as of 3:10 p.m., according to AES.

Most of the outages were resolved within a few hours, but later in the evening, outages in Montgomery County would climb, with totals at 4,310 customers in the dark as of 6:25 p.m.

By late Tuesday evening, outages had been reduced to hundreds rather than thousands.

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According to the AES, Duke Energy and Ohio Edison outage maps as of 10:55 p.m., the number of power customers without electricity, by county, are:

Butler: 60

Champaign: 252

Clark: 39

Greene: 474

Miami: 133

Montgomery: 703

Preble: 4

Warren: 3

The National Weather Service in Wilmington estimated the storms had winds up to 60 mph, and received multiple reports of wind damage.

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