The worst may have already happened, but Hurricane Helene's remnants are still impacting the Tri-State.
Here's a look at what's happened so far:
- At its peak, more than 125,000 households were without power
- Dozens of trees were reported down
- The strongest gust of wind was at around 67 miles per hour
- The Kroger Wellness Festival canceled all activities
- Multiple schools pushed back Friday night high school football kickoff times or postponed their games
We'll post updates of anything else in the Tri-State below:
Saturday:
6:45 p.m. — More than 30,000 people are still without power, more than 24 hours after the Helene's remnants hit the Tri-State.
3:45 p.m. — More than 40,000 people remain without power throughout the Tri-State.
12:30 p.m. — Our crews found a large tree down on a car along Chestnut Street in Mariemont. The road is clear, despite the fallen tree.
11 a.m. — More than 65,000 people remain without power.
Friday:
11 p.m. — Outages decreased to around 90,000.
9:45 p.m. — Duke Energy reports more than 100,000 customers are still without power in the Cincinnati area.
8:02 p.m. — Kroger Wellness Festival announced it is canceling all of Saturday's events.
7:43 p.m. — Meteorologist Brandon Spinner says the radar shows drier air and clearing skies as the system begins wrapping around us. More rain is likely later tonight and overnight.
Radar Update: Drier air and clearing skies moving into the Tri-State as the system is wrapping around. More rain will be in late this evening and overnight#WCPO #CincyWX #ohwx pic.twitter.com/StgpV0e3QF
— Brandon Spinner WCPO (@wxSpinner89) September 27, 2024
6:05 p.m. — The latest outage maps show more than 125,000 Duke Energy customers without power.
5:55 p.m. — North College Hill's police department has no power. It is asking its residents to leave downed wire and tree reports on its Facebook page here.
5:30 p.m. — Dearborn County, Indiana is now under a yellow travel advisory, the board of commissioners announced.
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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