By Accuweather.com-March 7, 2013- Samantha-Rae Tuthill
Heavy snow can build up on tree branches and cause them to snap. When those branches hang over power lines, the result can be a loss of electricty. Photo by Julia Freeman-Woolpert
A winter storm system that has been working its way across the country slammed the mid-Atlantic, yesterday. Power outages are still being reported by the tens of thousands throughout the region. At least 56,000 customers are without electricity in Virginia, over 4,300 in West Virginia, hundreds for Maryland and Delaware, and just over 2,000 still without in New Jersey as of 7:30 a.m. March 7.
Now, the storm is turning northward and spreading snow across New York and New England. Outages can be expected to increase as the day goes on.
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