Hurricane Helene has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm, but the weather impacts the system is having on the Tri-State have caused events to cancel, attractions to close and power outages.
The region is under a High Wind Warning until 10 p.m. as wind gusts from Helene are capable of hitting 60 mph.
Here's a look at the impact so far in the Tri-State:
- More than 100,000 households are without power as of 5 p.m.
- Kings Island announced it won't open for Haunt Friday night
- The Kroger Wellness Festival canceled all activities for Friday, though the event will go on as scheduled Saturday
- Multiple schools have pushed back high school football kickoff times or postponed their games
We'll post live updates of anything else in the Tri-State below:
5:15 p.m. — Our crews in the Milford area found several traffic lights out due to the weather.
4:40 p.m. — Duke Energy outage maps are now showing more than 100,000 customers without power as we continue to see downed power lines and trees throughout the area. Our crews in Erlanger found a tree uprooted and fallen on a car at the intersection of Hickory Lane and Birch Drive.
4:39 p.m. — Tree down and blocking the road on Deerfield in Clermont County - residents there say they've been mostly without power since 9 a.m.
4:37 p.m. — We posted to Facebook asking for storm damage pictures and it looks like there are trees down in most places across the Tri-State. Check the comments for those photos.
4:30 p.m. — Duke Energy's outage map shows more than 104,000 households without power in the Tri-State.
4:10 p.m. — West Chester officials said the bus is back on the road and students will be dropped off at their normal stops.
3:56 p.m. — Crews in West Chester are responding to McCauly Road for wires down on a school bus. Officials said there are no injuries, and the bus will return to its route once Duke Energy crews respond.
Officials have blocked off Poplar Avenue in Wyoming due to trees and wires down in the area.
3:45 p.m. — A tree fell on a home on Woody Hollow Dr in West Chester. Nobody was home at the time.
3:30 p.m. — The number of people without power in the area has increased to around 56,000.
3:18 p.m. — Two crashes on westbound I-275 near Sharonville, one involving a semi. No reports of major injuries from either of these crashes.
3:15 p.m. — A large tree is blocking Grand Vista Ave in Pleasant Ridge.
3 p.m. — The number of outages in the area has increased to around 31,000 — with the majority of outages in our eastern counties like Clermont, Adams and Brown and portions of Northern Kentucky.
In Kenton County, Ryland Heights is seeing a lot of outages. Our crews found trees down on Decoursey Pike.
2:18 p.m. — Large trees were reported down in Mount Orab and Columbia Tusculum
2:15 p.m. — More than 16,000 power outages have been reported, the majority of which are in the eastern portions of the Tri-State.
2:05 p.m. — The National Weather Service clocked a wind gust at 54 mpg at CVG
[2:04 PM] 54 MPH wind gust at KCVG. #cincywx
— NWS Wilmington OH (@NWSILN) September 27, 2024
1:22 p.m. — Power is out in Bethel, where just about every business along State Route 125 is dark.
11:45 a.m. — A tree fell on a home in Monroe Township. No injuries were reported.
Here's what you can expect with the forecast the rest of the day.
The heaviest and steadiest rainfall is moving into the Tri-State right now and winds are going to ramp up even more. Expect the worst in the Cincy metro by 2:30p and it will last for a few hours #WCPO pic.twitter.com/4wvivl4eIg
— Brandon Spinner WCPO (@wxSpinner89) September 27, 2024
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