NB Power gets more than 1,000 customers back online

NB Power has restored electricity to 1,000 more of its customers, leaving about 3,500 still without power Saturday afternoon.

A snowstorm overnight Thursday knocked out power to several areas of the province.

• Storm closes schools, causes power outages
• NB Power customers frustrated with weather-related outages

Most of the areas affected are located just south or east of Fredericton. There are also a few hundred still in the dark in the Sackville area

The outages hit a peak of about 30,000 Friday night.

The storm also forced school closures and created slippery driving conditions that led to a number of accidents.

Nine crews were dispatched to P.E.I. Friday to help restore power to Maritime Electric customers in that province. As of 9 a.m. Saturday morning, there were still more than 6,000 customers without electricity on the Island.