TOLEDO, Ohio — Thousands of residents were without power as of shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday as summer storms rolled through the northwest Ohio region.
More than 14,300 customers were without power, according to FirstEnergy. The map showed significant outages in west Toledo, Sylvania, Wauseon, Delta, Lemoyne, Woodville, Genoa and Oak Harbor.
Power restoration was estimated as late as 11 p.m. for some areas. To follow the latest updates on outages and restorations from FirstEnergy directly, you can check at this link here.
Multiple reports of wires down in the following areas have been registered: 2702 Gracewood, Toledo; 2725 Lyceum Place, Toledo; 5701 W Sylvania Ave., Sylvania; 6929 S. Fredericksburg Dr., Sylvania.
Several traffic lights also were malfunctioning due to the outages. Motorists are advised to treat non-functioning traffic lights as four-way stops.
Earlier, an outage was reported in the Five Points, Library Village and DeVeaux Village area, but was expected to be restored at 6 p.m.