Soaring temperatures this week has cut power for thousands around Ohio. These maps can tell you how widespread an outage is and when power will return.

Soaring temperatures this week has cut power for thousands around Ohio. These maps can tell you how widespread an outage is and when power will return.

Power outages are annoying. Not knowing when the lights will return can be frustrating. Use these maps from providers around Ohio to check the status.

About 1,400 central Ohioans remain without power on Friday, May 16 due to an AEP power outage affecting Columbus' Northeast Side, according to an AEP outage map.