Ohio power outages leave 100,000 homes in the dark after high winds
More than 100,000 households in Ohio were still without power on the morning of March 14 after high winds knocked out power in the area on March 13.
More than 61,000 customers were without power in Franklin County as of 9 a.m. March 14, and nearly 15,000 customers were without power in Licking County. According to American Electric Power’s outage map.
The map listed Franklin County’s estimated restoration as 8 a.m. on Aug. 14 and 6:30 p.m. on March 14 in Licking County.
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AEP Ohio posted on Facebook that high winds in the area made it unsafe for crews to use their pickups during the day, but they were “proceeding as quickly and safely as they could.”
On March 13, 2026, during high winds, a large section of a tree broke off and fell into Cloudberry Pass at The Green in Hampsted Village on Columbus’ Northeast Side, bordering New Albany’s Taylor Park. The tree was one of at least four trees blown down by winds in the subdivision, and one of dozens across central Ohio.
The National Weather Service in Wilmington has issued a high wind warning for much of the state until 8 p.m. March 13. Wind gusts reached 70 miles per hour in some areas.
Anna Lynn Winfrey covers the northwest suburbs for The Columbus Dispatch. He can be reached at awinfrey@dispatch.com.
This article was first published in The Columbus Dispatch: Power outages in Ohio affect 100,000 homes
