OHIO — As of Saturday afternoon, more than 130,000 were without power across Ohio after remnants of Hurricane Helene moved into the state, bringing damaging winds and heavy rain. 


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High Wind Warnings, Flash Flood Warnings and even Tornado Warnings were issued for parts of Ohio because of Helene.

Parts of Scioto County and Pike County were still under a Flash Flood Warning until 8:45 a.m. on Saturday. Gov. Mike DeWine announced he plans to tour the flood-damaged areas — one of them being New Boston in Scioto County — this weekend to see the damage.

Parts of southern Ohio got hit the hardest, with most of the power outages being in Hamilton County with more than 16,000. Officials in multiple cities were working throughout the evening to clear downed power lines, debris and more. 

Wyoming, Ohio, near Cincinnati, also reported many downed power lines and trees. 

"Do not touch the tree or obstruction in the event downed power lines are involved," the City of Wyoming wrote in a Facebook post. City officials also urged residents to call the police non-emergency line to report downed trees at 513-821-0141.

 

Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane in Florida on Thursday. The storm, now a post-tropical cyclone, was expected to hover over the Tennessee Valley on Saturday and Sunday, the National Hurricane Center said. Several flood and flash flood warnings remained in effect in parts of the southern and central Appalachians.

More than 3 million customers went into the weekend without any power, and more than 40 people have died, according to officials.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.