Power to be restored to all by 11:30 after Monday's storms

YOUNGSTOWN

Valley residents now can enjoy a few days of cooler temperatures and sunshine after a storm that blew through the area left a mess to clean up and many households without power.

“We had a very interesting setup [Monday]. We had a warm front move through the area, ahead of the cold front,” said Zach Sefcovic, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Cleveland.

“The next couple days will be much, much cooler than it was recently,” he said, adding that some showers might return this weekend and into next week.

Monday night’s storm was “mainly a damaging wind event” with wind speed reaching 60 mph, Sefcovic said.

The wind caused damage and power outages throughout the Valley on Monday night, leaving a mess for crews and residents to clean up today.

About 26,000 Ohio Edison customers in the eastern part of the state lost power between Monday night and this morning, said Mark Durbin, a spokesman for FirstEnergy.

FirstEnergy expected to restore power to some remaining customers by 9 tonight, and all customers by 11:30 p.m.

Read more about the weather in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.