Cincinnati Storm Leaves 170K Without Power | Cincinnati News

A massive storm slammed into Cincinnati on August 11th, plunging over 170,000 Duke Energy customers into darkness across a 70-mile stretch. Tornado warnings coincided with the worst of the outage, hitting neighborhoods like Hyde Park (15K out), Mount Airy (10K), Norwood (4K), and south of Newtown (6K). With downed lines and no clear restoration timelines, crews scrambled to restore power — a sobering reminder of how dependent we are on electricity when it vanishes. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/b82cb4c1051e13f5