FirstEnergy crews and outside personnel are restoring power after a windstorm with winds exceeding 70 mph caused outages across Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Maryland. Power has been restored to nearly 478,000 of about 655,400 affected customers. In northeast Ohio, Illuminating reported 50,100 customers without service and 69% restored. In central and southwestern Pennsylvania, West Penn reported about 53,000 customers without service and 55% restored. FirstEnergy warned that downed or low-hanging power lines may be energized and said to stay at least 30 feet away.

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