CINCINNATI — As the Tri-State deals with the aftermath of a winter storm, power outages are being reported in various neighborhoods.
According to Duke Energy, more than 300 people are without power as of Saturday at 6:45 p.m.
Duke Energy is encouraging people to reduce unnecessary power usage until 10 a.m. on Dec. 25 due to cold temperatures.
At the peak of the outages, there were more than 6,000. The majority of these were concentrated on Cincinnati's west side, in Morrow and Northern Kentucky.
Saturday evening majority of the outages were centralized in downtown Cincinnati, Mount Washington and near the Indiana border in Harrison.
Friday night, 1,000 people remained without power near Morrow, but that number dropped significantly down to 15 Saturday afternoon.
The power outages come after Cincinnati experienced its first blizzard since 2008.
We had 35 mph winds and whipping snow after a sharp drop in temperatures froze rainfall Thursday night into Friday morning.
Overnight into Friday morning, the Tri-State saw between 2 to 5 inches of snow.
On its website, Duke Energy states "widespread power outages are expected today ... crews have begun outage restoration where conditions allow."
On top of dangerous road conditions, temperatures around the Tri-State remain unsafe.
Wind chills are well below zero, reaching even -35 degrees.
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