CINCINNATI — Many people are cleaning up after severe storms with wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour that traveled through the Tri-State on Wednesday.
Thousands of people were without power, reaching its peak of around 48,000 customers in the dark, according to Duke Energy. A majority of those outages appeared to be in Butler, Hamilton and Warren counties.
WATCH: Our crews were out monitoring damage in the Tri-State Wednesday night
Our crews traveled throughout the area and found several areas with fallen trees, downed power lines and inoperative traffic lights.
In the CUF neighborhood, a tree on Riddle Road snapped at the base after it was apparently struck by lightning. It fell on power lines and blocked a nearby road.
Our crew found an electrical pole that had fallen across U.S. Route 42 at Cottingham Street on Thursday morning. Sharonville police told us it fell around 11 p.m. on Wednesday, but they don't think it caused any power outages.
We also asked for your photos of the storms and storm damage near you on Facebook.
John Lisa Unger sent us these pictures of storm clouds in Rising Sun, Indiana.
Amanda Poling sent this picture of her corn field in Camden, Ohio. She said in the comments on Facebook, "The wind was so strong the corn on our farm is now all sideways."
Lee White sent this photo of storm damage in Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
Lauren Kairn sent in this photo of a rainbow in Goshen, Ohio, with lightning in the sky around it.
Sophia Cecardo spotted a rainbow arching across the sky in Pleasant Plain, Ohio.
Matthew A. Pariseau Jr. caught a picture of a rainbow at the Reds game.
