At least 580 people were still without power in Kent Thursday afternoon following heavy storms that rolled through the region, according to FirstEnergy.
FirstEnergy spokesman Mark Durbin said that as many as 2,500 people were without power in Kent after the storms passed Thursday morning.
"Our goal is to have those customers in Kent taken care of by (Friday) morning at the latest," Durbin said. "The Tree City is a wonderful place to live and go to school, but when those trees start falling down into our equipment it creates problems.”
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The power outages effected traffic signals throughout the city, including the stop light at Haymaker Parkway and Willow Street.
No outages or power interruptions were reported on the campus or at any of the buildings.
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Fallen trees were the biggest issue as high winds moved through the area. A high-wind advisory that was in place for Kent and Portage County Thursday morning was lifted Thursday afternoon by the National Weather Service.
Kent Fire Capt. John Tosko said the outages were localized Thursday to the area of Third Avenue in the Kent Park area and the Valley View Drive area.
"There were no injuries from the storm, just a lot of calls (for) trees down on wires and such," Tosko said.
Trees are down all over the city, , following the storms and high winds that moved through the area.
A maple tree fell across Dansel Avenue about 4 a.m. today. Kent police placed traffic cones shortly thereafter. About 9 a.m., a city maintenance crew began removing the tree, which was uprooted from the treelawn.
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