CINCINNATI — More than 75,000 homes are still without power across the Tri-State after severe thunderstorms swept through Tuesday afternoon.
In total, the Duke Energy outage map for Ohio and Kentucky shows 81,424 people still without power as of 7:15 p.m. Wednesday.
The outages are fairly widespread throughout southwest Ohio, with roughly 39,000 homes without power just north of Cincinnati and to the west side. Out east, there are roughly 30,000 residents without power in the Batavia, Stonelick Township and Sardinia areas.
In Northern Kentucky, there are roughly 11,000 outages for residents.
Southeast Indiana didn't have as many outages due to the storms, with only a few thousand customers impacted in total, but the area is dealing with catastrophic flooding that has continued into Wednesday. Tuesday evening, the Bright Fire Department in Indiana posted to social media that Bright would not have power restored overnight, per Duke Energy.
The fire department said at 10:16 p.m. Tuesday evening that there was no ETA for power restoration.
"It could be early or late day," the post reads.
Salt Fork Road in that area will also remain closed while repairs are happening, the fire department said.
At this time, the outage map has not provided the direct causes of each outage or when they expect power to be restored in the various areas.
In a statement emailed out Tuesday night, Duke Energy's storm director, Andy Cassidy, said crews are working around the clock to restore power quickly.
"We've been monitoring this storm system and were prepared," Cassidy wrote. "Even so, we've seen an even greater impact and significant damage than anticipated across the region, and another round of severe weather that could create additional challenges."
Cassidy said residents should be prepared for extended outages following the storms.
