High wind blew cold air into the Toledo area with a vengeance Monday morning after near-record warmth on Sunday.
The main problem early in the day was power outages, while the arrival in Toledo of lake-effect snow in the early afternoon spawned a spate of traffic crashes.
FirstEnergy reported scattered power outages in the metropolitan area Monday afternoon, although the total was down from earlier in the day. Throughout its service area, which includes Cleveland, Akron, and areas near Mansfield, it reported about 12,000 customers without power, including hundreds in Lucas County…