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Thousands of people remain in the dark after a storm system packing heavy, wet snow moved across Massachusetts.Watch the reportThe snow brought down trees in several communities, and Canton police urged people to stay indoors after a 6-year-old girl was killed by a falling tree limb.Watch the latest forecast"Numerous trees and branches are coming down, creating an extremely dangerous situation," police said.Right now, the power is being restored to customers around the region. Eversource reported about 26,00 customers without power as of Saturday morning. National Grid said it restored power to approximately 75% of the 149,000 Massachusetts and Rhode Island customers that experienced service interruptions.Eversource said they expect restoration work for their customers to be "substantially complete" by midnight on Feb. 6. List of estimated restoration timesDuxbury, Holliston, Walpole and Westwood are some of the hardest hit towns. Latest snow totalsThe toppled trees cut power to more than half of the town of Weston during the storm, but Susan Merrill and her husband said they were ready."I've got plenty of candles," she said. "And we've got a fire going in the fireplace."In Canton, live wires were brought down and sparked in the snow, and farther down on Route 138 in Stoughton, dozens of businesses had to close early for the night because of the lack of power.The downed trees also created a headache for commuters on some of the Green Line branches. Shuttle buses were replacing service on the D line, between Kenmore and Newton Highlands, after a tree fell across tracks and brought down power lines with it.According to the MBTA, all trees have been cleared between Newton Highlands and Fenway and regular train service has resumed on the D branch with minor residual delays. Download the WCVB app for radar and updatesWorcester saw the most snow from the storm, picking up about 12.5 inches, while Boston saw just under 7 inches.State police said they have received dozens of calls about spin outs and fender benders. Because of the storm, speeds on the Massachusetts Turnpike were reduced to 40 mph.The state Transportation Department had deployed almost 1,200 pieces of snow clearing and road treatment equipment on Friday morning, while the city of Boston had more than 400 pieces out.Logan International Airport said about 80 percent of flights were on schedule Friday, with most of the canceled flights either to or from the New York area.10976776