41,000 FirstEnergy customers still without power due to severe storms in Northeast Ohio

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Thousands of FirstEnergy customers are without power in Northeast Ohio due to severe storms that hit the area starting Wednesday and continuing into the early morning hours on Saturday.

As of 10:55 p.m.,41,498 Ohio FirstEnergy customers are without power.

The outages peaked between Thursday night and Friday morning, impacting nearly 270,000 customers.

Here are the Northeast Ohio counties with the most power outages according to FirstEnergy’s outage map as of 6:25 a.m.:

• Ashtabula: 77
• Cuyahoga: 15,535
• Erie: 131
• Geauga: 4,749
• Huron: 8
• Lake: 7,950
• Lorain: 635
• Medina: 6
• Ottawa: 94
• Portage: 6,761
• Stark: 381
• Summit: 3,137
• Trumbull: 550

[ Click here to see the FirstEnergy Storm Center outage map and estimated restoration time for your area ]

There were tornado warnings issued by the National Weather Service for 14 counties in Northeast Ohio, which all expired by 12:45 a.m. on Friday.

[ Click here for the latest 19 First Alert Forecast ]

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