KEENE, NH – This week’s winter weather brought down trees, tree limbs, and power lines across the state, including here in Monadnock Region and caused damage to the electric system, leaving thousands of Eversource customers in the dark.

In their latest update Thursday afternoon, Eversource said since Sunday night, the energy company’s line workers and remote system operators have restored power to more than 255,000 customers across the state, including some customers more than once.

Locally, customers in towns like Richmond and Winchester had their power restored from damage sustained in Monday’s storms late Wednesday, just to lose it again and more snow, rain, and wind moved through the region Wednesday night. As of 2:00 Thursday afternoon, nearly 2,000 Eversource customers statewide were still without power.

Eversource spokesman William Hinkle said tree limbs remain weighed down and weakened across the state, and with gusty conditions in the forecast through tonight, additional scattered outages could be possible. Crews that came in from Canada and surrounding states have begun to demobilize and return home, but Eversource does still have crews actively responding to existing outages and any new issues that may arise.

“The prolonged stretch of winter weather over the last week wreaked havoc on trees across New Hampshire, and we’re grateful to our friends from neighboring states and Canada for their support, as well as our customers for their patience and understanding as our crews worked in challenging conditions to respond to public safety priorities, clear damage and make time-intensive repairs,” said Eversource New Hampshire President of Electric Operations Doug Foley. “With gusty conditions lingering in the forecast through tonight and already weakened trees continuing to pose a threat to the electric system, our dedicated employees will continue working around-the-clock until every customer is restored as this massive restoration effort enters its final stages.”

Hinkle said downed trees and wires resulted in more than 240 blocked roads and 75 broken utility poles across the state. He’s reminding customers to be aware of already weakened tree limbs and other potential falling debris.