XENIA — As of 10:30 p.m., nearly 12,0000 Greene County AES Ohio customers are still without power.

The number of reported outages reached the range of 19,500-20,000 at its peak earlier in the evening.

Many traffic lights in Xenia are without power. The city has placed stop signs in the middle of busier intersections such as at W. Main St. and Allison Ave. to help the flow of traffic.

AES Ohio announced it would not be sending crews out to attempt repairs at outage sites until the heavy winds in the area diminished.

Original Post: 5:10 p.m.

AES Ohio reports more than 12,000 Greene County customers are experiencing a loss of power, as of 5 p.m. on Friday.

According to the National Weather Service, the area is encountering weather associated with tropical depression Helene that is bringing winds nearing 30 miles per hour and gusting close to 60 with heavy rain.

A residential area north of Bellbrook and in Beavercreek near the Fairfield Mall are both estimated to have more than 2,000 reports of outages. Cedarville, Jamestown and Xenia all have multiple areas where between 501-2,000 outages are being reported.

Xenia has multiple reports on social media of fallen trees taking down power lines.

The high school football game involving Greeneview host Greenon in Jamestown has been postponed until Saturday morning. The game involving Cedarville at Madison Plains also as been postponed and will be played on Saturday.

The Xenia high school football game hosting Fairborn on Friday has been delayed an hour and will begin at 8 p.m. Gates will not open to spectators until 7 p.m.

More updates will be posted as they become available.

Contact Steven Wright at 937-502-4498 and follow on X (formerly Twitter) @Steven_Wright_.