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CLEVELAND– Visitors at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport will likely find the flight information displays blank. The monitors that typically show flight departures and arrivals, as well as baggage claim locations, are dark. Multiple sources told the FOX 8 I-Team the city is looking into the possibility someone hacked into the airport IT system. Email is […]

Facebook and Instagram are having technical issues as users reported problems with the social media sites Wednesday. Facebook posted to Twitter reassuring users that the site would be back online. It also said the outage is not related to a DDoS attack. “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family […]

CLEVELAND – The election wasn’t the only thing people were blown over by on Tuesday. Wind gusts reached 40 mph on Election Day. According to First Energy, more than 30,000 people experienced a power outage. Trumbull County has been hit the hardest with 14,303 people having no power. Twenty-one precincts in Trumbull County were affected […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A spokesperson with Cleveland Public Power said electrical overload due to excessive heat caused power outages on the city’s West Side on Sunday and Monday. Hundreds of customers were affected on Sunday in the area from W. 100th through W. 112th. Power was restored on Sunday before midnight. Power went out again early Monday […]

CUYAHOGA COUNTY, OH (WOIO) – More than 4,000 FirstEnergy customers are without power in Cuyahoga County. Meteorologist Samantha Roberts said scattered storms are moving through Northeast Ohio. It should stop raining in the Cleveland area by 7:10 p.m. on Wednesday, just in time for the Cleveland Indians game. Additional warnings are possible today, according to […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Weddings were canceled, stores broken into, restaurants lost thousand of dollars to spoiled food and thousands went without power for hours on Saturday night because of an outage on Cleveland’s West Side. There is now finger pointing going on, and FirstEnergy (FE) has come out first to say the blame is on […]

NORTHEAST OHIO (WOIO) – FirstEnergy has confirmed more than 13,000 customers throughout Northeast Ohio have lost power due to storm damage. The hardest hit counties include: Cuyahoga: 3,961 Medina: 598 Summit: 5,633 Stark: 2,312 Storms and heavy rains are expected through Thursday.   READ MORE: Cleveland19.com Article Courtesy of WOIO Cleveland 19 News  First Picture […]

SANDUSKY, OH (WOIO) – Cedar Point out of Sandusky is currently experiencing a power outage in parts of the theme park. The amusement park sent out a tweet addressing the issue at 2:30 p.m. The entire situation was a mess for the park as some riders were stuck on coasters for hours before coming back […]

(RNN) – Seven months after Hurricane Maria destroyed most of the island’s power grid, Puerto Rico has suffered an island-wide power outage, CNN reported. “The entire electrical system in Puerto Rico collapses AGAIN!” San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz tweeted. The latest outage comes less than a week after a tree knocked out power to 870,000 customers. […]

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – A line of severe storms that crossed through Tuesday evening and into Monday morning knocked out electricity for thousands of residents across Northeast Ohio. Power crews worked overnight to repair any downed wires or damaged poles that may have been damaged by the spring storms. As of 6:30 a.m., over 3,000 Cuyahoga […]

NORTHEAST OHIO (WOIO) – Power outages were reported throughout Cleveland’s west side suburbs on Friday, reportedly impacting thousands of households. According to FirstEnergy, a substation issue triggered the outages. The regional electric company says most power has been restored, and expects full service to return by 5 p.m. Friday. More than 4,000 people lost power in […]

CLEVELAND- A manhole explosion knocked out power in downtown Cleveland Thursday afternoon. It happened at East 2nd Street and Huron Road just after 2 p.m., according to a Cleveland Public Power spokeswoman. About 30 customers, between East 2nd Street and Huron to East 22nd Street and Central, are affected. Crews have been dispatched to start […]