PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - More than 131,000 Central Maine Power Co. customers were without electricity a day after a spring snowstorm hit the region.
The storm packed heavy, wet snow and knocked out power for a quarter-million homes and businesses Friday in Maine.
The storm added to the misery of people forced to stay at home during the pandemic.
Tens of thousands of residents faced the prospect of being stuck in homes without lights, cable TV or high-speed internet - some for as long as a couple of days, Central Maine Power said Friday.
Democratic Gov. Janet Mills closed state offices Friday because of the storm and urged people not to leave their homes.
The storm left a foot or more of snow on parts of the state.
All of northern New England experienced snow. But the power failures were mostly in Maine.
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