Progress made, but thousands of power outages remain in Cuyahoga County – cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio More than 14,300 power outages remained in Cuyahoga County early Friday morning as work continues to make repairs following Wednesdays powerful thunderstorms.

Progress is being made ... there were more than 50,000 outages Thursday. Still, FirstEnergy estimates power wont be fully restored to all areas until about 10 p.m. Friday.

In Cuyahoga County, Cleveland was reporting nearly 6,700 outages at 4:45 a.m. Bay Village (2,002) and Cleveland Heights (1,361) and Lakewood (978) also still had high numbers of outage. There spotty outages throughout the rest of the county.

Geauga County had less than 700 customers without power and Lake County had just over 800. Lorain County had about 1,100, nearly all in Avon Lake, which was one of the cities hit hardest by Wednesdays storms. Summit County had 362 outages.

There are chances of more showers and thunderstorms throughout the day Friday, most likely during the late afternoon. But forecasters are calling for cooler temperatures and clear skies through the weekend.

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Progress made, but thousands of power outages remain in Cuyahoga County - cleveland.com