Tens of thousands of people in the Miami Valley are still without power Saturday night.
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As reported on News Center 7 at 11:00 , the power outage happened after the remnants of Hurricane Helene slammed into the region, with heavy rain and powerful winds knocking down trees and power lines.
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The Cancino family told News Center 7 that his family lost power around 12:05 p.m. on Friday.
He is not happy about the situation but is finding a way to pass the time.
“We light candles and do puzzles. Basically. That’s all we do,” Boston Cancino said.
Danny Cancino and his wife came up with an emergency plan since it’s been well over 24 hours without power.
“She was like, let’s get out. She plans on bringing my stuff over to my dad’s. He gave the okay this morning so we got everything out of the fridge and got it over to his house,” he said.