AES Ohio is aware that approximately 6,800 households have lost power due to strong wind gusts throughout our service territory. Crews are currently responding to restore electricity. For more information, see our Outage FAQs at https://t.co/icMZLgoaFj
— AES Ohio (@AESOhio) November 11, 2021 class="empty" style="padding: 20px;background-color:#333;color:white;text-align:center;font-size:2em;">Sample HTML block“AES Ohio is aware that approximately 6,800 households have lost power due to strong wind gusts throughout our service territory,” read a tweet shared by AES Ohio. “Crews are currently responding to restore electricity.”
As of 7:26 p.m., there were 280 customers in the local area without power, including:
- Montgomery County: 139
- Preble County: 107
- Greene County: 18
- Darke County: 10
- Miami County: 4
- Warren County 2
The National Weather Service in Wilmington forecasted a breezy start to the afternoon with wind gusts reaching nearly 40 mph.
Winds were expected to calm down once the rain arrived, but some gusts will remain, according to NWS.