Heavy Snowfall Drops Tree Branches Onto Power Lines, Causing Outages in New England

Heavy Snowfall Drops Tree Branches Onto Power Lines, Causing Outages in New England
Dave Torres (L), Till Graves (C), and Henry Torres (R) build a snow cave in Marshfield, Vt., on Dec. 4, 2023. Lisa Rathke/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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A storm dropped a mix of rain and snow on parts of New England with some locations recording more than a half-foot of snowfall on Monday, knocking out power for tens of thousands of customers and causing slick roads that contributed to a fiery propane truck crash in Vermont.

Evacuations were ordered in two communities, including at a pair of schools, after the propane tanker went off the Vermont Route 14 bridge into the Black River in Irasburg and caught fire, state police said.