Thousands without power in the region

HUNTINGTON/CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - Thousands of American Electric Power (AEP) customers in the region are without power Friday night after a storm system with high winds moved through the Tri-State.

According to AEP, these are the counties with the most outages as of 9 p.m. Friday:

West Virginia

Wayne - 5,790

Cabell - 2,454

Kanawha - 2,524

Ohio

Scioto - 3,951

Lawrence - 625

Jackson - 738

Athens - 714

Kentucky

Boyd - 526

Lawrence - 968

Greenup - 613

Johnson - 455

We are also getting reports of trees down on roadways throughout the three-state region, but no serious injuries have immediately been reported.

High winds on Friday caused issues throughout the Tri-State region.

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