More than 8,400 St. Lawrence County residents remain without power as of 12:30 p.m. following  a winter storm that pounded the area with wind, snow and rain and ended early Wednesday morning, according to National Grid.

The National Grid power outage map shows 8,425 without power.

The hardest hit area appears to be the center portion of the county with river towns not receiving quite as much damage from the storm, but powerlines, trees and limbs were down in nearly all parts of the county, according to reports. 

State police reports show they were busy assisting people with disabled vehicles and accidents Tuesday evening and early Wednesday morning. There were also reports of attempts to locate people.

Law enforcement and rescue personnel were extremely busy Tuesday night dealing with damages related to the wind and winter storm.

The St. Lawrence County Office of Emergency Services said they responded to hundreds of calls over 12 hours during the storm.

State police were equally as busy.

Troopers responded to nearly 20 accidents and disabled vehicles in Potsdam, Parishville, Hopkinson, Madrid, Hammond, Oswegatchie, Gouverneur and Morristown.

Local fire department members were out clearing roads and assisting citizens in need.

In Gouverneur, officials said they handled 21 calls overnight and called Oxbow Fire Department to fill in at their station. 

In Potsdam  a tree was reportedly down on the corner of Market and Canal Streets.

Town and village Department of Public Works personnel were busy cleaning up debris.

In Colton, witnesses reported seeing multiple downed trees on back roads as well as damaged roofs and  lawn furniture and debris blown about. Downed trees were also spotted in Hannawa Falls.

People started losing power late evening and into the morning hours as winds intensified. Many fire departments reported being out clearing trees and assisting local residents in a variety of ways following calls to the station. 

Witnesses reported downed trees in some areas and a quick melt left a number of people with flooded basements.

The wind storm caused some schools to close and delay, aside from power outages caused by downed limbs and trees. Many smaller branches still littered the yards and shoulders of roads around noon Wednesday.