Over 1,000 without power in Onondaga County as first winter weather of the season hits

Town of Skaneateles, N.Y. — Over 1,000 people are without power in Onondaga county Friday morning after the first winter weather of the season hit the area.
There are several reports of wires down, according to the Onondaga County 911 Center.
Skaneateles was the hardest hit area with 813 without power in the town and 16 in the village, according to the National Grid outage map.
In the rest of the county there are 82 without power in Fabius, 136 in Lafayette, and 45 in Pompey.
Most of the power outages are expected to be restored around 9 a.m., according to the outage map.
There are also over 1,000 without power in Madison County. In the town of Cazenovia 854 are without power along with 173 in the village. Fenner has 119 without power and Nelson 159.
In Cayuga County 492 people are without power, all in Niles. Cortland County has 282 in the dark, mainly in Virgil.
The outages come as the first snow of the season hits. A mix of rain and wet snow hit Syracuse, with southern Onondaga county seeing snow.
The Tully Fire Department asked residents to be cautious on the road and that there were multiple reports of wires down due to heavy wet snow, the department said on Facebook.
The Manlius Police Department alerted residents that roads are slick and there have been multiple accidents, according to their Facebook. Some traffic signals in Manlius and Fayetteville are out, police said. Despite the accidents, there have been no injuries, police said.
Overnight, several crashes closed parts of local highways. They have all reopened this morning.
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