{"id":522371,"date":"2026-03-14T02:50:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/522371\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T02:50:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:50:18","slug":"more-than-48000-without-power-as-strong-winds-hit-the-miami-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/522371\/","title":{"rendered":"More than 48,000 without power as strong winds hit the Miami Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"1\">\u201cDue to the extent of the damage, we advise customers to anticipate a restoration process that may take several days. Some outages are more complex and take time to repair,\u201d the post continued. \u201cAlong with our local crews, mutual aid crews from other utilities are on their way to help, allowing us to restore power to customers as quickly as conditions allow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"2\">As of 8:50 p.m., more than 48,000 people were without power in the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"3\">In Montgomery County, AES Ohio had 18,850 customers without service, according to the outage map. Large outages were reported near Cornell Heights and Wegerzyn Gardens MetroPark in Dayton, the Rip Rad and Chambersburg roads area in Vandalia and Huber Heights and south of Carriage Hill MetroPark.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"4\">There are reports of traffic lights being out on Wayne Avenue. A franchise restaurant Wendy\u2019s at Wayne Avenue and Wyoming Street is without power, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Explore<a class=\"headline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/weather\/strong-winds-with-gusts-up-to-60-mph-possible-in-the-miami-valley-today\/L52TFXMKR5EUJL5T673WOYSHBI\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Strong winds with gusts up to 60 mph possible in the Miami Valley today<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"9\">The following outages have been reported as of 8:50 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>AES Ohio<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"11\">\u2022 Champaign County: 2,039<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"12\">\u2022 Clark County: 2,413<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"13\">\u2022 Darke County: 329<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"14\">\u2022 Greene County: 10,058<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"17\">\u2022 Miami County: 2,683<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"18\">\u2022 Montgomery County: 18,850<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"19\">\u2022 Preble County: 229<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"20\">\u2022 Warren County: 537<\/p>\n<p>Ohio Edison<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"22\">\u2022 Champaign County: 24<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"24\">\u2022 Clark County: 4,918<\/p>\n<p>Duke Energy<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"26\">\u2022 Butler County: 135<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"27\">\u2022 Preble County: <\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"28\">\u2022 Warren County: 369<\/p>\n<p>City of Hamilton<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"30\">Butler County: 24<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"32\">Strong winds are expected into the evening in the Miami Valley region, but will diminish as the hours go by.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/YV2MU743IJCHXNKAZGQBE2Z6LE.jpg\" alt=\"A small tree uprooted from winds at the Dayton Metro Library's main branch downtown on Friday, March 13, 2026.&#10;&#10;KRISTEN SPICKER \/ STAFF\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" width=\"1600\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/local\/more-than-5800-without-power-as-strong-winds-hit-the-miami-valley\/DXJI7CQ7Y5ARLP6X2PXA6NZ3JA\/[object Object]\" class=\"image-expand\" alt=\"icon to expand image\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"34\">\u201cPlease stay safe. Always stay away from downed or damaged power lines and assume they are energized,\u201d AES Ohio said in the post. \u201cThank you for your patience and understanding as we work through this together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"35\">Power restoration times vary by the county.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cDue to the extent of the damage, we advise customers to anticipate a restoration process that may take&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":522372,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-522371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522371","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522371"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522371\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522371"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522371"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522371"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}