BOSTON (AP) — Utility crews raced to restore power to tens of thousands of customers in New England and New York on Saturday after a powerful storm dumped 2 feet of snow in some places.
More than 160,000 customers in New England were in the dark as of afternoon, and another 20,000 were without power in New York as heavy snow knocked down trees on power lines, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks outages across the country.
Recovery efforts have been complicated by snow that is still falling in places, making travel dangerous. Doug Foley, president of electric operations at Eversource in New Hampshire, said snow-covered roads are making it difficult for workers to reach communities to assess damage and make repairs.
“We are still experiencing system damage in parts of the state as heavy, wet snow continues to fall and hundreds of additional crews are arriving in New Hampshire to support our restoration effort,” Foley said in an emailed statement. – email.
via the Associated Press
As of Saturday afternoon, Eversource had restored power to nearly 61,000 customers in New Hampshire since the storm began, but another 40,000 remained without power, according to the company.
Green Mountain Power, which serves customers in Vermont, said more outages are possible there, with temperatures not expected to warm enough in the next two days to melt any snow.
“Clearing the cut trees to get to the outage sites was slow and difficult,” said Mike Burke, the company’s vice president of field operations.
More than 2 feet of snow was recorded in parts of Vermont and western New York, and many communities in the region saw more than a foot, according to the National Weather Service.
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