AEP: Wooster area power outages expected to be restored by Tuesday evening

Veronica Van Dress, The Daily Record
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An AEP utility crew works to restore power to a line on Palmer Street in Wooster Monday. The company anticipated having the power back on for all Wooster area residents by 6 p.m. Tuesday.
An AEP utility crew works to restore power to a line on Palmer Street in Wooster Monday. The company anticipated having the power back on for all Wooster area residents by 6 p.m. Tuesday.

WOOSTER − Some area residents remained without power Monday following a severe windstorm over the weekend.

As of 2 p.m. Monday, nearly 90% of more than 125,000 Ohio AEP customers had their electricity restored.

According to an update sent via email from the company, more than 2,000 workers were making repairs to downed wires and severed utility poles after wind gusts greater than 60 mph caused widespread damage across Ohio.

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The company said 16,000 AEP customers across the state remained without power Monday afternoon. Estimated restoration time for Wooster was 6 p.m. Tuesday.

The Wooster Police Department's Facebook page noted several intersections where traffic signals were out and cautioned residents to treat those intersections as four-way stops.

Outages continue for some in Wayne, Holmes, Ashland counties

Utility crews work to reset utility poles on Moreland Road near Apple Creek Monday as some AEP customers in Wayne and Holmes counties remain without electricity following Saturday's damaging winds.
Utility crews work to reset utility poles on Moreland Road near Apple Creek Monday as some AEP customers in Wayne and Holmes counties remain without electricity following Saturday's damaging winds.

Scattered outages continued Monday afternoon in other parts of Wayne and Holmes counties, including Orrville, Shreve, Fredericksburg, Big Prairie, Millersburg, Berlin Township and Walnut Creek, according to AEP's online outage map.

The company advised that customers can sign up for alerts online at AEPOhio.com/Alerts.

In Ashland County, FirstEnergy's online map noted a handful of outages near Ashland, Mifflin Township, Polk, Perrysville and in the nearby Mansfield area in Richland County.

A flood warning was extended to 2 a.m. Wednesday for the Killbuck Creek in Wayne and Holmes counties, according to the National Weather Service.

Minor flooding was being reported on roadways and in areas near the creek, including Water Street, County Road 621, state Route 60 south, state Route 520 and other low-lying areas, the agency noted.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Power outages, some flooding impacting Wayne & Holmes counties