MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Electric utilities across Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine are busy restoring service to tens of thousands of customers who lost power due to high winds that toppled trees and power lines across the region.
In Maine, more than 120,000 customers were without power Friday morning. In Vermont more than 20,000 customers were without power and in New Hampshire it was about 16,000.
The National Weather Service says the observatory atop Mount Washington, New England’s tallest peak, recorded a gust of 130 mph Friday.
Outages were due to severe weather that caused problems along the Eastern Seaboard, from South Carolina to Maine and Ohio.
A flood warning remains in effect for much of northern Vermont through midday. Flooding closed some roads.
Many schools across Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine delayed or canceled classes Friday.
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