Widespread AEP power outages affecting more than 135,000, including nearly 50,000 in Columbus
More than 210,000 American Electric Power customers were without power Tuesday afternoon in scattered outages, including more than 1127000 in the Columbus area, according to the AEP outage map.
He said the number of customers affected by the outage grew throughout the afternoon as the power company made careful and deliberate shutoffs to maintain the power grid’s overall integrity. While he had not seen a map of the specific area affected, he said it appeared parts of the northeast Columbus area appear to have been affected.
Grant Medical Center is still taking trauma and emergency surgery patients and is not on diversion, Logan said. However, the small remainder of elective surgeries still on the schedule Tuesday were rescheduled. Staying cool
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