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Severe Storms Knock Out Power for 1 Million in Midwest

3/14/2026

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Severe storms struck the U.S. Midwest and Mid-Atlantic on March 13, causing more than 1 million homes and businesses to lose power.
In Ohio, outages reached 598,204, about 11% of the state's 5.4 million customers.
The primary utility in Ohio was American Electric Power with about 248,794 outages, followed by FirstEnergy with about 225,210.
Pennsylvania reported 271,583 outages and Michigan 104,817, bringing total outages across affected states to 1,126,516.

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Story summary

Severe storms struck the U.S. Midwest and Mid-Atlantic on March 13, causing more than 1 million homes and businesses to lose power.
In Ohio, outages reached 598,204, about 11% of the state's 5.4 million customers.
The primary utility in Ohio was American Electric Power with about 248,794 outages, followed by FirstEnergy with about 225,210.
Pennsylvania reported 271,583 outages and Michigan 104,817, bringing total outages across affected states to 1,126,516.