OHIO — Thousands of Ohio residents are without electricity Friday afternoon as scattered power outages were reported across several counties in the state.
According to data from PowerOutage.com, 2,248 customers are without power statewide as of Friday afternoon. The outage tracker was monitoring service for more than 5.36 million utility customers across Ohio at the time of the update.
Franklin County reported the highest number of outages, with 1,776 customers affected. Cuyahoga County followed with 218 reported outages. Smaller numbers of outages were reported in several other counties, including Huron County with 51 customers without power, Lake County with 27, Muskingum County with 27, Lucas County with 25, Belmont County with 20, and Adams County with 16.
The data did not specify the cause of the outages. Utility crews typically work to assess damage and restore service as quickly as possible. PowerOutage.com updates its figures regularly as electric utilities across the state provide new information.
