CINCINNATI — Several Tri-State schools will have delayed starts to their day Thursday morning after severe storms swept through the region overnight.
These schools have announced a delay Thursday morning:
- Goshen Local Schools — 2 hour delay
- Gallatin County Schools — 1 hour delay
- Walton-Verona Schools — 1 hour delay
These schools have announced they will be closed Thursday:
- Little Miami School District will be closed due to storm damage and road conditions
- Lakota Local Schools will be closed for power outages
- Loveland City Schools will be closed for power outages impacting campuses
- Milford Exempted Village Schools will be closed for power outages
- Bishop Brossart High School will be closed because of power outages
- Campbell County Schools will be closed for power outages and storm damage in the area
- Pendleton County Schools will be closed for power outages and debris blocking roadways
- Carroll County Schools will be closed for damage throughout the community
Franklin County Community Schools in Indiana has also announced it will operate on an eLearning day Thursday, because of significant flooding impacting roadways in the district.
Widespread power outages were still impacting nearly 50,000 Duke Energy customers Thursday morning. As of 6:30 a.m., Duke Energy reported at least 500 active outages with around 49,000 customers without power. A majority of the outages appear to be in Butler, Clermont and Hamilton counties in Ohio, and Campbell County, Kentucky.
We've also seen multiple reports of damage, including crews rescuing one person trapped after a tree fell on a home in Erlanger, Kentucky.
