High winds on March 13 caused power outages around Ohio, and as of the morning of March 14, more than 100,000 homes in the area were still without power.
As of 9 a.m. March 14, more than 61,000 customers were still without power in Franklin County and nearly 15,000 customers were without power in Licking County, according to American Electric Power’s outage map.
The map lists estimated recovery times for Franklin County at 8 a.m. on August 14 and 6:30 p.m. on March 14 for Licking County.
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AEP Ohio posted on Facebook that high winds across the region made it unsafe for crews to use bucket trucks during the day, but “they are making progress as quickly and safely as possible.”
On March 13, 2026, a large section of a tree was severed in high winds and blown over Cloudberry Pass on the Hampstead Village Green on the northeast side of Columbus, which borders Taylor Park in New Albany. The tree was one of at least four blown down in the area 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 up to 70 mph in some areas.
Anna Lynn Winfrey covers the northwest suburbs for The Columbus Dispatch. You can contact her at awinfrey@dispatch.com.
This article originally appeared in The Columbus Dispatch: Ohio power outages affecting 100,000 homes