Over 200,000 Without Power in New England After Pre-Thanksgiving Snowstorm

             Thousands of people across New England may be dining in the dark this Thanksgiving, as a powerful Northeast snowstorm wiped out electricity across the region on Wednesday.

More than 160,000, or 34 percent, of people served by the Public Service of New Hampshire remained without power as of 8:00 a.m. Thursday.

An additional 18,000 people in the state served by Unitil were also experiencing outages.

Already, the company was encouraging those experiencing outages to seek other arrangements for their Thanksgiving meals.

"While we will be continuing to restore, customers without power this morning should make alternative plans if possible for their holiday dinner," Unitil Media Relations Manager Alec O'Meara said.

"Once the damage assessment phase is complete, we'll have a clear picture as to how long it will take to restore power to all customers, but it is clear we will be working through Thanksgiving in Concord," O'Meara said.