CINCINNATI — Thousands of people are without power as severe storms with wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour travel through the Tri-State.
Duke Energy's outage map as of midnight shows more than 800 active outages impacting more than 30,000 people. A majority of those outages appear to be in Butler, Hamilton and Warren counties.
WATCH: Our crews were out monitoring damage in the Tri-State Wednesday night
Our crews traveling throughout the area have found several areas with fallen trees, downed power lines and inoperative traffic lights.
In the CUF neighborhood, a tree on Riddle Road snapped at the base after it was apparently struck by lightning. It fell on power lines and blocked a nearby road.
On its website, Duke Energy has a statement noting that crews will begin assessing damage as the storms begin to clear out of the region.
To report or check an outage with Duke Energy, click here.
Rain will continue overnight. Get the latest forecast from the 9 First Warning Weather Team here.
