CINCINNATI — Thousands of Ohioans are without power after severe storms ripped through southern Ohio on Monday evening.
More than 13,000 Duke Energy customers in and around Cincinnati were without power after storms with winds of more than 70 miles per hour hit the area.
More than 800 South Central Power Co. and nearly 153,000 AEP Ohio customers in south central Ohio were without power after the same storm hit the area, causing a Tornado Warning to go into effect in Pike County at approximately 7:15 p.m.
In total, more than 242,000 Ohioans are without power as of Tuesday morning, according to poweroutage.us.
For the most up-to-date outage information, check the providers below:
With the heat expected to jump to the 90s the next two days, cooling centers are either open or extending hours temporarily. If none of the locations below are near you, check your local recreation department to see which centers are open.
Columbus
The city said cooling centers at Barnett, Beatty, Douglas, Glenwood, and Marion Franklin community centers will be open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. from Tuesday to Thursday.
Pools in the area are also extending their hours, including Dodge, Driving Park, Glenwood, Lincoln and Tuttle. They’ll have two extended swim blocks between 1-4 p.m. and 4:30-8 p.m.
Dublin
The City of Dublin has opened the Dublin Community Recreation Center as a cooling center from 5:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on June 14 and June 15.
To use the center visitors will need to check in at the membership desk and a staff member will take them to the lounge areas.
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Recreation Centers will be open during normal hours to serve as “Cool Centers” for heat relief. To find a recreation center near you, click here. Recreation centers are open during the week and some have Saturday hours. All are closed on Sunday.
CRC had to close the Bond Hill and Winton Hills rec centers due to power outages. To find a CRC rec center near you, click here.
CRC also has eight pools and nine spraygrounds open in addition to several spraygrounds run by Cincinnati Parks. The spraygrounds are free but there is a cost to use the pools. For more information on the pools, click here.
The Cincinnati & Hamilton County Public Library encourages those who need to “beat the heat” to visit one of their branches spread across Hamilton County. Several of those branches were closed today as well due to power outages.
To find a library near you, click here.
St. Vincent DePaul is giving away free AC units to the elderly and medically in need. To apply, click here.
Crossroads West Side, Oakley, East Side and Florence buildings are open as cooling centers. The Mason location is closed due to a power outage, but will be open to the communitity once it is restored.
Dayton
Montgomery County Cooling Center locations are offered from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Northwest Recreation Center, the Greater Dayton Recreation Center and the Dayton Lohrey Recreation Center.
There’s also a cooling center in Washington Township at the RecPlex on 895 Miamisburg-Centerville Road that’s open during normal business hours.
Akron
Mayor Dan Horrigan announced several community centers would have extended hours from 8:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on June 15 and June 16.
The community centers with extended hours are:
- Lawton Street Community Center
- Mason Park Community Center.
- Patterson Park Community Center
- Summit Lake Community Center
The city’s other community centers will be open to the public during normal building hours for those looking to escape the heat. For a full list of center locations and hours, click here.
Toledo
All of the senior centers throughout Lucas County will be open this week as cooling centers. However, a few of them will have extended hours through Thursday: The Chester J. Zablocki Senior Center, the East Toledo Family Center, Eleanor M. Kahle Senior Center and the Margaret Hunt Senior Center. Those four will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cleveland
The Cleveland Department of Public Works is extending hours at several recreation centers to serve as cooling centers for residents. The sites will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. from June 14 to June 16.
Normally scheduled recreation programming will continue, but each location will have areas for people to escape the heat.
- Zelma George Neighborhood Resource & Recreation Center
- Collinwood Neighborhood Resource & Recreation Center
- Halloran Skating Rink
- Kovacic Neighborhood Resource & Recreation Center
- Michael Zone Neighborhood Resource & Recreation Center
- Sterling Neighborhood Resource & Recreation Center
- Frederick Douglass Neighborhood Resource & Recreation Center
- Glenville Neighborhood Resource & Recreation Center
For more information call (216) 664-2325.
If a cooling center isn’t open near you, click here for a list of tips to help keep homes cool during extreme heat and humidity.
