At least 11,000 customers -- more than a quarter of National Grid's electric customers in the county -- are reported to be without power.

As of 2:30 p.m., 11,435 of the company's 42,787 customers in St. Lawrence County were reported to be waiting for a couple hours for the power to come back on.

When the outages began this morning, National Grid expected to have power restored within an hour or two, but they have been reassessing the situation since then and are not predicting anymore.

Of the total, 7,000 customers in Ogdensburg and areas south and west toward Morristown had no power.

Another 1,400 customers in the Canton –DeKalb were out. More than 1,000 customers in an area between Canton, Russell and Colton, including Crary Mills, were without power. About 800 customers in Lisbon and another 700 from Canton to Richville had no power.

Other outages were reported along State Rt. 68 south of Ogdensburg, north of Canton around Morley, west of State Rt. 56 between Potsdam and Norwood and toward Madrid, around North Stockholm, around Winthrop and North Lawrence, in Brasher Falls, West Parishville, Raymondville, and Fowler.

Earlier today, Massena Electric said 80 to 100 of their customers along Plum Brook Road off of Rt. 420 were without power. Other than that, said Dep. Supt. Dale Raymo, they are responding to isolated calls, “all tree-limb related.”

With snow continuing to fall on top of slush and temperatures dropping, travel is expected to be tricky, and people should take appropriate measures, the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office and the county Office of Emergency Services are warning.

The National Weather Service says that the mix of snow, sleet, rain and freezing rain should turn to all snow today, and dropping temperatures will create hazardous driving conditions, exacerbated by increasing winds of 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

A winter weather advisory remains in effect through midnight.