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EYEWITNESS LOCAL NEWS
WINTER WEATHER UPDATEfrom Eyewitness News Online Crews Working To Restore Power To Hard-Hit Areas After Storm Reported by:  Associated PressVideographer: Bob Aaron Web Producer: Jeff Morris Reported: Mar. 6, 2013 7:45 AM EST Updated: Mar. 7, 2013 9:02 AM EST
Charleston
, Kanawha County
, West Virginia
Crews in West Virginia are working to restore power in areas hit hard by a late-winter storm. The storm that blew through on Wednesday dumped 2 feet of snow in some areas and left more than 20,000 customers without power. As of Thursday morning, First Energy reported about 4,300 outages. The company says some customers may be without power until Friday. Schools remained closed Thursday in Hampshire, Hardy, Pendleton and Pocahontas counties. The National Weather Service in Baltimore said the Pendleton County community of Franklin received 24 inches of snow. Other snowfall totals in eastern parts of the state included 17 inches in Romney, 14 inches in Circleville and Slanesville, and 11 inches in Berkeley Springs. Copyright 2013 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. A late winter storm has closed schools in more than half of West Virginia's counties and left about 20,000 customers without power. Warnings for heavy, wet snow remain in effect for eastern and north-central West Virginia and the Northern Panhandle. The National Weather Service says eastern counties could see more than a foot of snow in higher elevations. Up to 8 inches of snow is expected in the Northern Panhandle. Meanwhile, the snowy weather resulted in a number of two-hour delays and school closings in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. For a complete list, please visit the Eyewitness News website at wchstv.com homepage and click on the "Active Closings, Delays and Cancellations" banner. The state Supreme Court announced that courts in Hampshire, Hardy and Pendleton counties are closed Wednesday. Shepherd University canceled classes. FirstEnergy reports more than 18,400 outages, including nearly 3,000 in Berkeley County. Appalachian Power had 784 customers without electricity, and American Electric Power had a few hundred outages in its Wheeling service area. At one point, Kanawha County had 2,200 without power, but Appalachian Power did not list any customers in Kanawha with outages as of 11:30 a.m. AP contributed to this report. Thousands of West Virginians are without power and dozens of schools closed for the day, after the latest round of winter weather hit the Mountain State early Wednesday. More than 12,000 customers were without power as of about 8 a.m. Warnings for heavy, wet snow remain in effect for eastern and north-central West Virginia and the Northern Panhandle. The National Weather Service says eastern counties could see more than a foot of snow in higher elevations. Up to 8 inches of snow is expected in the Northern Panhandle. Shepherd University canceled classes Wednesday. FirstEnergy reports more than 8,600 outages, including more than 2,400 in Pocahontas County. More than 3,600 Appalachian Power customers also are without electricity, including about 2,200 in Kanawha County. Meanwhile, the snowy weather resulted in a number of two-hour delays and school closings in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. For a complete list, please visit the Eyewitness News website at wchstv.com homepage and click on the "Active Closings, Delays and Cancellations" banner. On Tuesday, Snowshoe Mountain resort announced it would keep its ski slopes open until March 31. AP contributed to this report. MORE NEWS FROM EYEWITNESS NEWS
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