About 10,000 still without power in the area

Some 1,200 people in Mahoning County were still without power at 3 p.m today.

On Monday morning, 41,700 customers were without power in Mahoning County.

About 188,000 were without power in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys area the day after remnants of Hurricane Ike hit the area Sunday.

As of this afternoon, the powerless totals in other area counties were: Columbiana, 4,000; Trumbull, 1,400; Lawrence, 3,000; and Mercer, 2,400.

Workers are now dealing with the areas where terrain is more difficult, which makes the jobs more time consuming, said Paul Harkey, Mahoning County area manager for Ohio Edison.

Those customers still without power are mainly single customers or lines that serve no more than five customers.

All power is expected to be restored by the weekend, Harkey said.