WAWARSING – Only a week after the year's worst snowstorms cut power to hundreds of thousands of customers, most of the snow and ice has already melted away — but it's possible that residents of the regions hit hardest by the storms' fury will be feeling the weather's impact for some time to come.

According to John Maserjian, Central Hudson's director of media relations, the costs to the utility company throughout the storm can't be figured out just yet — but it's likely that they've exceeded the company's budgeted storm fund of roughly $5 million.   > MORE