Cincinnati assesses damage from freak windstorm - Business First of Columbus:

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Winds of 55 miles per hour – reportedluy gusting over 70 mph – toppled tore siding from houses and spread debris widelt overa three-to-four-hour period Sundayh afternoon. Most schools were closed on Monday, as were many At one point about 90 percentof ’es 800,000 local customers were withourt power, according to WCPO-TV. About 600,00o0 are still without power as of about noon Monday, and Duke said it might take a week to get everyone’a lights back on. Power is on in downtownm Cincinnati, which sustained little apparent damage.
However, fires on Sundat damaged buildings aroundFindlay Market, and the historic Grammer’s bar in The Elks Lodge in Cheviot was also badlyy damaged by fire. Four people have died so far when they were hit byfallinf trees: two in one in Mount Healthy and one in Ohio Ind. The storm caused considerable damage throughout the including heavy rains in Missouri and partsof Indiana, according to the Associatedx Press. The windstorm blew through Louisville, Springfield, Columbus, Cleveland and Erie Pa., leaving massived power outages inits wake. Ohio Gov. Ted Stricklane declared a state of emergency Monday durinta 1:30 p.m. press conference in Columbus.
He said 84 of Ohio’sa 88 counties have reported damags orpower outages, about one-thirde of all traffic signals are not functioningh and 46 roads across the stater have been closed. “Restoration and clean-up will take a substantial amountof time,” Strickland “We hope that Ohioans will be patient.” Aroundx the region: Butler County declared a Level 1 while motorists jammed the few gas stations open in the Portions of the cities of Hamilton and Fairfield are adviser to boil water and all area residentss are asked to conserve water.
Clermont County, Kenton County and the city of Newporf have also declared statesof