About 500 area households currently in the dark due to today's ice storm

Central Maine Power and Eversource have both made preparations for the storm moving through the region and have said they will have additional assets on the ground to get the power back on as soon as is safely possible. (Courtesy photo)

Almost 500 households in The Rochester Voice circulation area are without power as of 10 a.m., according to outage numbers coming in from Eversource and Central Maine Power.
In Farmington 51 families are in the dark, while 106 customers are without power in Milton.
In Maine, York County has more than 1,500 customers without power, including 200 in Acton and 133 in Lebanon.
Central Maine Power and Eversource have both made preparations for the storm moving through the region and have said they will have additional assets on the ground to get the power back on as soon as is safely possible.

As of 9:30 a.m., around 13,000 customers were without power across New Hampshire as a storm brings rain and ice to the area.

Parts of New Hampshire including Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, Merrimack, Strafford and Sullivan counties remain under a Winter Storm Warning issued by the National Weather Service (NWS) until 7 p.m.

"If you lose power, keep you and your family safe," said Robert Buxton, Director of the New Hampshire Department of Safety's Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. "Never run a generator indoors. If you come across downed wires, stay away and call 911. Utility crews are out working hard to restore outages as they happen. If you come across a crew on the road, give them room to work."

Report power outages to your utility provider every 24 hours until it is restored:

• Eversource: 1-800-662-7764
• Liberty Utilities: 1-855-349-9455
• NH Electric Co-op: 1-800-343-6432
• Unitil: 1-888-301-7700

Buxton makes the following safety recommendations:

• Stay informed by signing up for NH Alerts and monitoring National Weather Service radio or broadcast weather reports.
• Use flashlights, rather than candles, for emergency lighting.
• Drivers should use extra caution, go slow and be alert for working crews.
• Never run a generator inside a building or in an enclosed space and keep them 20 feet away from buildings with the exhaust pointed away.
• If you come across traffic lights that are out, treat the intersection like a four-way stop.

Learn more about power outage safety at ReadyNH.gov.