Ice accumulating on tree limbs and utility wires from today's rain and sleet has caused a few thousand power outages in New Hampshire.
As of Tuesday at 6 p.m., there are almost 10,000 customers without electricity.
Local and state plow crews continue to treat and monitor roads for slick travel conditions.
Line crews are tackling some of the toughest trouble-spots as night fell. The estimated outages, by utility (click the links to see the respective outages by town/utility):
- Eversource: 8,170
- New Hampshire Electric Coop: 1,487
- Unitil: 185 (in the Concord area).
Eversource, the state's largest utility, reported 1,200 without power in Conway. Other areas with a big number of customers experiencing an outage include Londonderry with 328, Nashua with 384, and New Boston with 439.
