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MINOT, N.D. (KCND) - The member services manager for Verendrye Electric Cooperative, based In Minot, said this weekend's storm was the worst he's seen.
Some rural areas likely won't have their power restored for days due to the "unprecedented" level of damage to electrical infrastructure and the difficulty of accessing the downed poles and lines, said Montana-Dakota Utilities spokesman Mark Hanson.
A weekend blizzard that brought snow, rain, ice and strong winds to parts of Montana and North Dakota downed hundreds and possibly thousands of electrical poles, destruction that might be