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Northeast ice storm leaves 1.25M without power

Ice surrounds the branches of a tree after a storm in East Derry, N.H., Friday Dec. 12, 2008. Hundreds of thousands of residents in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont were without power Friday as an ice storm dropped trees and power lines all over the region.

CONCORD, N.H.—As it got down into the teens and single digits in New Hampshire, people who lost power from a massive ice storm showed up at some shelters by the dozens. "We're just loading up more cots and more blankets; I guess we're up to 36 people... Full Article at Boston Globe

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