COLUMBUS, Ohio (WLIO) — Elida residents who are still without power may not have service restored until 11 p.m. Friday.

These are pictures of the storm damage that AEP Ohio put on their Facebook page from around Lima.

The initial number of customers affected by Thursday night’s storm was close to 7,000. As of news time, that number has been reduced to about half. AEP Ohio's outage map can be found here.

AEP Ohio working to restore power after storm hits Lima area

The initial number of customers affected by Thursday night’s storm was close to 7,000.

According to a spokesperson at AEP Ohio, they expect all customers to have power restored by 11 p.m.

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