AEP Ohio territory: 660,000 customers are without power - WOWK 13 Charleston, Huntington WV News, Weather, Sports

The following information has just been released from AEP Ohio.

"At this time, more than 660,000 customers are without power across the AEP Ohio service territory. This storm is a catastrophic event, affecting not only Ohio but much of eastern U.S. This storm has left millions of people without power across the affected areas, including 1.4 million across AEP's eastern service territory.

AEP Ohio is in the early stages of damage assessment. At this point, it is expected that restoration will continue for at least 5-7 days, with the majority of customers to be restored in that time frame. This estimate could change if additional damaging weather passes through the service territory.

Meteorologists are forecasting the possibility of additional severe weather with high wind potentials (in the 50-to 60 mph range for Saturday) through Tuesday and expect temperatures to remain in the mid-90s throughout this period and through the end of next week.

Restoration times will be provided and updated on an ongoing basis as assessment is completed. AEP Ohio expects to have the initial restoration estimates late this afternoon.

The next update will be today at approximately 5:00 p.m. For outage information by county, please view the outage map listed on the website at the link below."