More than 12,000 still without power after Hurricane Helene remnants storm the Miami Valley

Credit: Marshall Gorby

Credit: Marshall Gorby

Thousands of people remained without power in the Miami Valley Monday after strong winds and storms from the remnants of Hurricane Helene moved through the region.

Damaging winds and rain moved into the Miami Valley Friday, downing power lines and tree limbs. Wind gusts of up to 62 mph were recorded at the Dayton Wright-Brothers Airport, according to the National Weather Service in Wilmington. The Springfield-Beckley Airport had gusts of up to 58 mph and the Butler County Regional Airport recorded gusts of up to 52 mph.

As of 10:53 a.m. Monday, AES Ohio had 12,746 total customers without power, including 7,670 in Montgomery County, according to the AES Ohio Outage Map.

More than 1,300 line tree and support personnel were working to repair service Friday and Saturday, according to the company. Limited visibility and damaged in hard-to-reach areas delayed crews’ ability to restore power over the weekend, AES Ohio said. As of Sunday, 93% of impacted customers had service and AES Ohio is aiming for 95% by Tuesday evening.

AES Ohio is reporting the following outages as of 10:53 a.m.:

  • Butler County: 1
  • Champaign County: 1
  • Clark County: 124
  • Darke County: 9
  • Greene County: 3,121
  • Miami County: 28
  • Montgomery County: 7,670
  • Preble County: 614
  • Warren County: 365

As of 10:51 a.m., the following amount of Duke Energy customers did not have power:

  • Butler County: 223
  • Montgomery County: 1
  • Preble County: 13
  • Warren County: 599

Ohio Edison had the following outages as of 10:47 a.m.:

  • Champaign County: Fewer than 20
  • Clark County: 85

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