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Northeast Ohio power outages

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CLEVELAND (WJW) – Thousands of residents have lost power as severe storms make their way through Northeast Ohio Wednesday evening.

According to FirstEnergy, as of 6:15 p.m., over 12,800 Lake County customers, 4,100 Cuyahoga County customers, 1,900 Erie County customers and 1,600 Ottawa County customers are dealing with an outage.

Power is expected to be restored for most by 9 p.m.

Severe thunderstorm warnings and watches have been issued across Northeast Ohio. Keep up with the latest weather conditions here.

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