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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — AEP Ohio is planning to work around the clock until power for their customers is restored, according to a company spokesperson.

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AEP expects those 80,000 to have power restored Tuesday evening. The issue for the additional outages was that storm damage to part of the power system ...

AEP Ohio reports more than 145000 customers are without power after straight line winds and lightning crossed the state of Ohio, taking down trees and power ...

- Jackson – 2,904 - Gallia – 1,630 Hard hit areas may be left without power for several days.

According to Appalachian Power spokesperson Phil Moye, there are 1,200 individual places with power outages that AEP needs to send crews to. Moye says 1,100 ...

- Kanawha: 8,232 - Greenbrier: 269 - Fayette: 652

Many people across Central Ohio are still without power. But for one woman, that means she could stop breathing at night.

The number of people without power in Ohio and Marshall counties, according to AEP's outage map is down to around 10000 as of Wednesday morning, ...

The map also shows that power could be restored for some in Ohio County as early as today, while others might have to wait until Friday and even others still don’t have a firm time frame for restoration. Larger outage areas likely will be restored first. AEP assessors will be out inspecting areas to decide which areas are safe enough to restore power.

AEP Ohio provided an update on the power outages throughout Columbus Wednesday morning. As of 12:45 p. m. on Wednesday, June 15, 2022, more than 137000 ...

American Electric Power says electricity may not be restored until late Thursday evening in much of central Ohio.

When lines are damaged they become sectionalized and other lines become stressed when the power load does not transfer as easily. - Newark – 11:59 p.m. Thursday - Pomeroy – 11:59 p.m. Thursday - Southeast Columbus – 11:59 p.m. Thursday - Northwest Columbus – 11:59 p.m. Thursday - Northeast Columbus – 11:59 p.m. Thursday That area is faring better than most areas on the South and Far South sides. The Columbus Metropolitan Library announced Wednesday that the Karl Road, Linden and South High branches will be opening later due to the power outages. She thinks it was unfair that her neighborhood with its less-expensive homes was targeted for a power shutdown. Wiley also took her 78-year-old mother, who lives on Jefferson Avenue in the Linden area, to the Hilton at Polaris. Central Ohio wasn't alone in dealing with the issue. Other areas with large outages include:

Widespread outages continue through Wednesday after storms blew through central Ohio.

American Electric Power has purposefully shut off power to neighborhoods as it works to repair damage caused by this week's powerful storms.

The food in their refrigerator and freezer has by now gone bad, leaving them with nothing to eat. "It is a controlled interruption of customers, which operators turn to after exhausting all other options for maintaining stability," it said. "They're frustrated, so that makes me frustrated," she added. "Me not being able to get them any food. "These outages have caused not only inconveniences, but also serious problems for residents and businesses in the affected areas," chair Judith French said at Wednesday's commission meeting. She said she spent Tuesday night with her daughter, who lives near Brice and Refugee roads on the Far East Side, where there was power. "We're not picking and choosing locations." "It’s the last thing we want to do.’’ If instability develops suddenly, operators may need to bypass all other emergency procedures and immediately conduct a controlled interruption." "Northland was devastating last night," Ayres said. "It's absolutely the last resort," AEP spokesman Scott Blake of the decision to turn off power in neighborhoods. AEP says the decision to shut off power in some neighborhoods was done to keep outages from spreading and making it even harder and longer to restore power.