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Several trees were felled during high wind and heavy rain Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, including this one at RiverScape MetroPark in downtown Dayton. MARSHALL GORBY \ STAFF

Credit: Marshall Gorby

Credit: Marshall Gorby

Several trees were felled during high wind and heavy rain Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, including this one at RiverScape MetroPark in downtown Dayton. MARSHALL GORBY \ STAFF
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Updated Sept 30, 2024
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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 3:23 p.m. Monday, AES Ohio had 9,215 total customers without power, including 5,697 in Montgomery County, according to the AES Ohio Outage Map.

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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 3:23 p.m.:

  • Butler County: 1
  • Champaign County: 0
  • Clark County: 125
  • Darke County: 13
  • Greene County: 2,043
  • Miami County: 27
  • Montgomery County: 5,697
  • Preble County: 399
  • Warren County: 351

As of 3:21 p.m., the following amount of Duke Energy customers did not have power:

  • Butler County: 77
  • Montgomery County: 2
  • Preble County: 12
  • Warren County: 184

Ohio Edison had the following outages as of 3:17 p.m.:

  • Champaign County: 0
  • Clark County: Fewer than 20
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