PHOTOS AND VIDEO: Trees down, roads blocked, power out to thousands after severe storms rocked western counties
PERU, Ohio — Multiple trees were felled, roads are blocked and power is still out for thousands of residents Friday morning, mainly in the counties south and west of Cleveland, after severe storms rolled northern Ohio Thursday night. @news5cleveland Trees down, power out, roads closed after severe storms rolled through northern Ohio last night. Damage centered in Huron, Ottawa counties, where NWS teams will survey the damage of a possible tornado. More on the News 5 app.
Photos sent to News 5 show damage likely caused by a tornado, like this leveled farm structure near Point Place in Ottawa County.According to FirstEnergy, the following counties are affected by outages as of 6:15 a.m.:The Huron County Sheriff's Office posted this list of road closures as of 2 a.m.News 5's overnight newstrackers have been in Huron County this morning, where multiple trees were felled in the storms, blocking some roads.
A portion of State Route 61 is closed off in Peru due to a downed tree that snapped a powerline, according to News 5 reporter Taneisha Cordell.
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