Hundreds Of Thousands without Power After Eastern Snowstorm

More than 300.000 people from Pennsylvania Thurs Virginia were in the dark Sunday morning, utility companies reported. The Blizzard - referred to as "snowmageddon" by President Obama - brought down power lines across the region, and snow continued Thurs cause outages.
"Since the heavy, wet snow is still bringing down trees, we are still seeing new outages occur," Allegheny Power said in a statement Sunday. "Damage assessment is ongoing, but overall estimated times for the restoration of service have not been determined."
The utility company provides electricity to customers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. More than 142.000 of its customers had no power; The majority of them, more than 90.000, reside in Pennsylvania, the company said.Read More Story,http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/weather/02/07/winter.storm/?hpt=T1

Hundreds Of Thousands without Power After Eastern Snowstorm