1,100 in Akron area still without electricity
By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 12:41 p.m. EDT, Sep 19, 2008
About 3 percent of the FirstEnergy Corp. customers in Ohio and western Pennsylvania, including about 1,100 in the Akron area, were still without power this afternoon, five days after high winds battered the state.
A total of about 30,200 customers in Ohio and western Pennsylvania had no electricity. That's down from about 1 million after the remnants of Hurricane Ike led to widespread outages.
Fewer than 2,000 customers in Summit, Portage and Medina counties were still in the dark. That number includes the approximately 1,100 in the Akron area.
FirstEnergy spokeswoman Ellen Raines said power would be restored to 99 percent of customers by midnight Sunday.
Customers in hard-hit areas such as Springfield, outside Dayton, and the Salem area in Columbiana County, are among those who still might not have power Monday morning, Raines said.
The storm, which brought wind gusts of more than 75 mph in some spots in Northeast Ohio, is blamed for at least 56 deaths in 11 states from the Gulf Coast to Michigan. At least seven of those deaths were in Ohio.
About 3 percent of the FirstEnergy Corp. customers in Ohio and western Pennsylvania, including about 1,100 in the Akron area, were still without power this afternoon, five days after high winds battered the state.
A total of about 30,200 customers in Ohio and western Pennsylvania had no electricity. That's down from about 1 million after the remnants of Hurricane Ike led to widespread outages.
Fewer than 2,000 customers in Summit, Portage and Medina counties were still in the dark. That number includes the approximately 1,100 in the Akron area.
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