Crews from FirstEnergy continued working Thursday morning to restore power knocked out by storms to 2,100 homes and businesses in the Valley.

By 4  a.m. the number of outages in the four-county area had been reduced to 258.

Mercer County was still reporting 153 scattered outages, with 94 of those in Mill Creek Township.  FirstEnergy estimated that some power may be out until late Thursday morning.

The utility estimated that the 55 outages remaining in Trumbull County would be fixed by 11:30 a.m.

The remaining outages included 29 in Canfield Township, Mahoning County, and 31 in West Township, Columbiana County with restoration estimated before sunrise.