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Thousands of Granite Staters were still without power Tuesday evening as crews worked to clean up downed trees and lines from strong winds.The worst of the wind had passed by the evening, but not before a trail of damage scattered across the state. Almost 14,000 Eversource customers remained in the dark.View the latest outage numbers in these maps:Eversource Liberty Utilities New Hampshire Electric Co-op Unitil We ve seen winds gust up to 55 mph, and that, combined with the bitter cold, makes for really tough restoration conditions, said Alec O Meara, of Unitil.The winds made it difficult for crews to extend their bucket trucks safely. At the height of the storm, Unitil had nearly 6,000 customers without power, and while the bulk of them were restored by noon, the utility said it remained a very fluid situation. We expect that people may lose power, get that power back, may lose it again, but as far as we re concerned, this storm is not over, O Meara said.Downed lines were re