The storm knocked power out to thousands of homes in Texas and Oklahoma and was blamed for the death of a 21-year-old man whose SUV hit an icy patch on Interstate 70 in northwestern Kansas and overturned Monday.
Alford also said the storm knocked out power to the Oklahoma City area's Draper Water Treatment Plant.
The storm knocked out power to roughly 600, 000 power customers in southern New England by early Saturday morning.
The storm knocked out power to more than 660, 000 customers in New England.
The storm knocked out power to more than 400, 000 addresses there, accounting for nearly two-thirds of all power outages, according to Massachusetts power companies.
Roughly 300 stores closed at the height of the storm because of power outages or government evacuation orders, and about 80 remained shut as of Tuesday afternoon.
The storm knocked out power to 250, 000 homes and business starting last weekend, but electricity had been restored to all but about 15, 000 Progress Energy customers by midday Tuesday.
The Audubon Zoo is open on weekends, although the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, which lost most of its fish after the storm knocked out power, won't reopen until summer.
Millions of New Yorkers and New Jersey residents battered by the storm are still without power.
The storm has also caused power cuts, travel disruption and flooding in areas at risk of landslides.
David McMann, in Charleston, West Virginia, has paid a price for the storm and lack of power at his home.
The storm also knocked out power to nearly 186, 000 homes and businesses in Rhode Island, and about 39, 000 in Connecticut, utilities said.
In New York, Consolidated Edison has strung 60 miles of new electrical cable after the storm and eventually restored power to more than 1 million customers.
Just last month, Casaburi had gotten a generator for the corporate office, so it was operational throughout the storm aftermath, when power was out in the area.
The storm also knocked out power to 56, 000 customers of the Knoxville Utilities Board in Knoxville, Tennessee, just north of the national park, the utility said in a statement.
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The storm system swatted down power lines and uprooted trees, flicked big rigs on their sides and yanked off part of the terminal roof at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport, where some 1, 500 area residents had taken shelter in a tunnel.
The main part of the jail, which houses 697 inmates, lost power in the storm, said Ward.
Late Thursday, the U.S. Department of Energy said roughly 4.5 million Americans are without power due to storm damage.
Businesses big and small across the impacted region braced for the bill amid fears of power outages, storm surges and lost productivity.
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About 38, 000 homes and businesses were without power at the storm's peak.
Officials say just a few thousand customers lost power during the storm, and nearly all had their service restored by early Saturday afternoon.
"They'll let people know when it's safe to return, " she said, citing post-storm threats posed by downed power lines and trees, floodwater and debris.
The demands for cash post-Sandy have come from customers who have fewer withdrawal options thanks to power outages and storm damage, and businesses that are accepting cash only due to communications woes that leave them unable to accept credit and debit cards.
Shares of the generator manufacturer rocketed 21% higher, a reflection of the massive power outages caused by the recent storm and expectations that Sandy may drive more consumers and businesses to secure backup power sources.
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Officials said the storm caused only minor flooding and power cuts on the US mainland.
On the plus side, emails to franchisees went out well before the storm hit, advising them to power down and unplug everything.
National Grid, which took over storm preparations from the Long Island Power Authority after LIPA was lambasted for its Sandy problems, did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
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