Thousands lose power in NE Ohio amid extreme heat

CLEVELAND (WJW) – Thousands of residents in Northeast Ohio lost power Tuesday evening as extreme heat persists across the region.

Around 8 p.m., FirstEnergy reported more than 20,000 customers dealing with an outage in the state.

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As of 9:40 p.m., more than 2,800 customers in Cuyahoga County, more than 2,900 in Trumbull County and hundreds in Ashland and Summit counties were still in the dark.

Power is expected to be restored to most residents by 11:30 p.m…

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