BOSTON, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- The worst ice storm in several years left more than 1 million people without power Friday throughout New England from Connecticut to Maine.
A combination of rain, sleet and snow that began falling Thursday, and a sharp drop in temperature, left much of the region covered with an inch of ice, The Boston Globe reported.
Central Massachusetts, around the city of Worcester, was hit hard, with power still out late Friday for thousands of homes and businesses. In New Hampshire, about 400,000 people lost electricity.
Governors in both states declared states of emergency.
In southern New England, 17,000 homes were without electricity in Connecticut and 5,000 in Rhode Island.
"There's tons and tons of debris out there, which is impacting the utilities' ability to restore power," said Peter Judge, spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. "It's as bad as we've seen at least over the last 10 years."
