© Brian Snyder/ReutersA pedestrian in Somerville, Mass. In Massachusetts alone, more than 40,000 customers had lost power as a result of a storm that was expected to last until Sunday evening.
A winter storm battered parts of New England on Saturday, bringing high winds and heavy snow that knocked out power to more than 200,000 customers across the region.
The National Weather Service issued winter storm warnings for much of New England. The storm was expected to wind down by Sunday evening, it said,
but not before leaving about a foot of snow across most of the region, with as much as 18 inches in some areas."The combination of heavy snowfall rates and strong wind will lead to treacherous travel conditions, whiteout visibilities, and the potential for tree damage/power outages,"
the Weather Service said on Saturday.
In Maine, more than 196,000 customers lost power on Saturday, according to the website
PowerOutage. More than 25,000 customers in Massachusetts, more than 46,000 in New Hampshire and more than 2,000 in Connecticut were also left in the dark.
