Overview
- Roughly 668,000 customers lost power after Friday’s winds topping 70 mph, and about 56,000 remain out mainly in central and northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
- More than 6,900 employees, contractors and mutual‑aid crews are working around the clock, with resources shifted to the hardest‑hit regions.
- Estimated restoration times now include 11 p.m. Sunday for Ashtabula County and Westlake (Illuminating Company) and many Ohio Edison communities, with remaining areas targeted for 11 p.m. Monday.
- West Penn Power set staggered county timelines running through Tuesday, March 17, while Toledo Edison and Mon Power expect remaining customers back by 11 p.m. Sunday.
- Local impacts continue to ease, with 1,687 outages reported across five Mahoning and Shenango Valley counties Sunday morning, and officials stress staying 30 feet from downed lines and treating dark signals as four‑way stops as another round of gusty weather could trigger new outages.