The northeastern United States was recovering Saturday from a major ice storm that left as many as one million homes and businesses without power, closing roads and downing trees.
Ice weighs down power and phone lines Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, in Hillsborough, N.H., the day after an ice storm left more than 1 million homes and businesses in the Northeast without power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
A tree felled during an ice storm lies on top of a car Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, in Worcester, Mass. (AP Photo/The Telegram & Gazette, Dan Gould)
After the ice storm that coated the Worcester, Mass., area, fallen branches cover Brattle Street on Friday, Dec. 12, 2008 .(AP Photo/Globe , John Tlumacki)
Traffic is redirected in Derry, N.H. after a utility pole snapped due to an overnight ice storm Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. The ice storm knocked out power to more than a half-million homes and businesses in New England and upstate New York. (AP Photo/Cheryl Senter)
Highway crews gather with chain saws as they keep working to clear roads in Washington, N.H., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, the day after an ice storm left more than 1 million homes and businesses without power. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
FairPoint Communications worker Bob Cook Jr. reconnects telephone lines to a new pole after the original pole snapped following an ice storm, Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008, in South Portland, Maine. Utility workers are dealing with frigid temperatures as they work to restore services following Friday's storm. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
A horse breaks up the icy ground cover for food in Hillsborough, N.H., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. More than 1 million homes and business in the Northeast lost power following an ice storm Friday. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) |
