Winter storm leaves more than 230,000 New Hampshire customers without power
CONCORD, N.H. – More than 230,000 customers were without power in New Hampshire during a rare April winter storm that brought heavy snow and high winds to the region.
New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management (HSEM) activated its emergency operations center Thursday morning.
"If you lose power, keep you and your family safe," HSEM director Robert Buxton said in a statement. "Practice power outage safety. Never run a generator indoors. If you come across downed wires, stay away and call 911. If you haven't lost power yet, take time to prepare you and your family for a possible outage as the storm continues."
As of 10 p.m. Thursday, approximately 118,000 customers were still without power between Eversource, New Hampshire Electric Co-Op and Unitil.
Many New Hampshire and Massachusetts school districts canceled classes or had a delayed opening due to the storm.
You can continue to watch coverage of the storm on CBS News Boston in the video player above.
Massachusetts power outages
Though snow totals are lower for most of Massachusetts, outages have been reported.
As of 10 p.m., about 5,300 customers were without power.
That total peaked around 20,000 earlier in the day.
Maine power outages
Maine has been hit hardest of the New England states during Thursday's storm.
As of 10 p.m., more than 285,000 Maine customers were without power.
Gusty winds in New Hampshire and Massachusetts
A Winter Storm Warning was issued through much of New Hampshire and parts of Massachusetts ahead of the storm. A Winter Storm Advisory was also issued in parts of Massachusetts.
Snow is expected to taper off by Thursday afternoon, with just flurries expected in the evening hours in northern Essex County and southern New Hampshire.
In Massachusetts, wind will likely continue to be a factor into Thursday afternoon. Eastern Massachusetts can expect regular 30-50 mph wind gusts, with gusts as high as 60 mph.