Ten of thousands left without power as winter storm rolls over New Mexico and Colorado
Vehicles make their way south on U.S. 84/285 near Pojoaque, New Mexico, on Thursday morning, Nov. 7, 2024. (Matt Dahlseid/The New Mexican via AP)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Tens of thousands of people in New Mexico were without power Thursday as the first major winter storm of the season rolled across the northern two-thirds of the state and into Colorado, bringing with it snow and fierce winds that forced schools and government offices to close.
Dozens of crews with Public Service Co. of New Mexico were mobilized to address widespread outages that had been reported overnight and in the early morning hours from Albuquerque to Santa Fe and beyond. The utility urged residents to be patient, saying there were about 41,000 people still affected by the outages.
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