In the last two hours, Alabama Power crews have restored service to more than 40 percent of the customers affected by extreme cold temperatures across the state.

As of 9:30 Tuesday morning, there were 15,400 customers without service, down from a peak of just over 27,000.

Alabama Power crews were on standby through the morning, and ready to roll in an instant to minimize the length of any outages.

The breakdown of affected customers by region:

Customers who would like to report an outage can do so by going to http://alabamapower.com from their smartphone, or by calling 1-800-888-2726.