A winter storm left many families without electricity on Thanksgiving.

An ill-timed Nor'easter left up to 20 inches of snow and slush across the East Coast, from West Virginia to Maine on Wednesday and early Thursday. As a result, there were 125 street accidents in one state on Wednesday, plus the cancellation of over 700 flights and more than 5,000 flight delays on the busiest travel day of the year. The heavy snow also left at least 248,000 Americans without power on Thursday morning from West Virginia to Vermont, reports Time.

According to NBC News, more than 181,000 homes and businesses were without electricity in New Hampshire, while 69,900 in Maine and 21,200 in Massachusetts still had no power 3 p.m. ET. As a result, Central Maine Power called on backup crews in Canada for aid in the recovery effort.

Meanwhile, 53,000 customers were left in the dark in New York, while 41,000 in Massachusetts and 27,000 in New Jersey were powerless.

Residents in New Hampshire, which saw as much as 18.4 inches in certain areas, resorted to resourceful measures to make the best of the situtation on turkey day. In Manchester, Christina Keane said that after her power went out for the second time after 9 a.m., she used an outdoor grill to cook pancakes for her family for breakfast.

The Nor'easter brought heavy rain and snow accumulation on Wednesday. The storm began early Wednesday morning, dumping rain on drivers in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Washington. By noon, the rain turned into snow in every state from Virginia to Maine.

"If this was any other day of the year, it would be a pretty big storm but nothing too out of the ordinary," said Kevin Roth, a meteorologist at The Weather Channel, according to NBC News. "But it's come at one of the worst possible times, the day before Thanksgiving. It's going to be very, very tricky for anyone planning to travel today."