(WJW) – It’s been four days since severe storms and multiple tornadoes hit Northeast Ohio, and thousands of homes and businesses in the area are still without power.
According to FirstEnergy, they are still working to restore power to about 3,200 customers in Ohio. The latest update from Cleveland Public Power reported about 1,000 customers still out of service on Sunday.
The majority of FirstEnergy customers without electricity are located in Cuyahoga and Lake counties.
The following restoration times were issued Monday afternoon for Illuminating Company customers:
- 11 p.m. today – Cleveland, Brooklyn and Strongsville areas
- 11 p.m. tomorrow – Middlefield area
- 4 p.m. Wednesday, August 30 – Mayfield, Solon, Concord, Bainbridge areas
- All other area outages are assigned individual estimated restoration times as the outage orders are assigned to crews.
The following restoration times were issued for Ohio Edison customers:
- 11 p.m. today – Kent, Portage County area
- All other area outages are assigned individual estimated restoration times as the outage orders are assigned to crews.
You can find FirstEnergy’s estimated restoration times specific to your location, here.
FirstEnergy announced in a press release that free water and ice are available to customers without power at several local Giant Eagle locations between 12 p.m. Monday to 12 p.m. Thursday or until supplies run out.
The locations are as follows:
Giant Eagle | 8515 Tanglewood Square | Bainbridge Township |
Giant Eagle | 24601 Chagrin Blvd. | Beachwood |
Giant Eagle | 351 Center St. | Chardon |
Market District | 2687 State Road | Cuyahoga Falls |
Giant Eagle | 230 Howe Ave. | Cuyahoga Falls |
Giant Eagle | 25105 Cedar Road | Lyndhurst |
Giant Eagle | 6259 Mayfield Road | Mayfield Heights |
Giant Eagle | 8383 Tyler Blvd. | Mentor |
Giant Eagle | 6079 Andrew Road | Mentor on the Lake |
Giant Eagle | 1201 Mentor Ave. | Painesville |
Giant Eagle | 909 E. Main St. | Ravenna |
Giant Eagle | 4260 State Route 44 | Rootstown |
Giant Eagle | 4401 Mayfield Road | South Euclid |
Giant Eagle | 1700 Norton Road | Stow |
Giant Eagle | 4300 Kent Road | Stow |
Giant Eagle | 36475 Euclid Ave. | Willoughby |
Giant Eagle | 30320 Lakeshore Blvd. | Willowick |
Giant Eagle | 1280 State Route 303 | Streetsboro |
Giant Eagle | 8960 Darrow Road | Twinsburg |
The National Weather Service confirmed tornadoes touched down in Vermilion, Mentor, Warrensville Heights, Chardon, and Middlefield. Cleveland experienced one for the first time in 30 years.
In a Sunday press release, First Energy said more than 4,300 employees, contractors, and outside resources are working around the clock to get power restored.
First Energy spokesperson Lauren Siburkis said, these are the times power crews are proudest to do their jobs as they work tirelessly to repair each and every snapped pole and dangling line.
“Many of them have left their own families in the dark here in the Northeast Ohio area to restore power to our customers. And they will continue working around the clock, 16-hour shifts, until every last customer is back up and running,” said Siburkis.
As of Sunday, First Energy said they had restored power to more than 90% of the 466,000 customers in Ohio and Pennsylvania that were without power after the storm hit.