UPDATE: Thousands Still Without Power in Summit

AKRON, Ohio (News Talk 1480 WHBC) – There were still a significant number of power outages in Summit County Thursday morning.

2,800 outages as of 8 a.m. according to Ohio Edison.

They hope to have all the power back on by 11:30 p.m. Thursday.

There were also 500 customers in Stark County and 1100 in Portage in the dark.

Meantime, AEP has most of their customers back on.

They were still hooking up 300 in Tuscarawas County and a handful in Stark and Carroll.

They’re shooting for this afternoon to get that back on.