Jan. 14—Hundreds of Anchorage residents remained without power for a third day following a rare January storm that brought record warmth and hurricane-force winds over the weekend.

Chugach Electric Association said the extensive repairs necessitated by Sunday’s storm means some members may not get power back until Wednesday.

The potent low-pressure system that spun into Southcentral Alaska late Saturday hammered the city with pouring rain and gusts that topped 100 mph at higher elevations. Uprooted and shattered trees damaged powerlines, poles and other electrical infrastructure around the Anchorage Bowl.

Anchorage schools closed Monday due to power outages, as well as other weather-related problems, but reopened Tuesday. In Mat-Su, Susitna Valley schools remained closed for a second day Tuesday due to icy conditions, school district officials said.

By midday Tuesday, more than 48 hours after many outages started, Chugach Electric Association was reporting about 1,100 customers without power and more than 100 individual outages. Residents on the Hillside reported the sound of humming generators as households without power tried to stay warm as temperatures dropped into the 20s.

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It’s possible some members won’t be restored until Wednesday, Chugach officials said in an update on social media as some people without power for 50 hours or more expressed concern about the length of the outage and the seeming randomness of repairs.

“As we have said, the damage to our equipment is extensive, which is making restoration more time-consuming in many instances and at times requiring extra personnel,” the update said. adding that multiple crews have worked day and night. “And while we do work largest to smallest outages — we stay in a particular region once there. Our crews don’t ping pong around the city as that would not be efficient. We are dispatching crews as efficiently, safely, and quickly as possible. Thank you for working with us through this repair and restoration process.”

Municipal officials have responded to the aftermath of the storm in several ways.

Concerns for the safety of people staying in homeless camps led the municipality to stand up a new emergency warming facility on Sunday that reached capacity that evening. The center on East Fourth Avenue extended its hours Monday and Tuesday to open at 4 p.m.

The city on Monday evening opened the Spenard Recreation Center as a temporary location for people still without power “from Sunday’s extreme weather event” to get warm and access power. No one made use of the center Monday night, municipal officials said.

Both the Spenard and Fairview recreation centers will be open Tuesday with waived adult fees for anyone who needs to get warm or have access to power, they said. The Spenard center also has showers for the public to use.

Municipal officials said they expected to have additional damage assessments to share on Tuesday.

A pedestrian bridge partly collapsed onto the Seward Highway Sunday morning, and minor to moderate damage was reported around the city, officials said Monday. The Anchorage Fire Departement responded to hundreds of calls during and after the storm, officials there said.

The municipality is offering free disposal of woody debris at city woodlots through the end of the month.

Officials said free disposal is available for any materials without metal or concrete: brush and branches, cut trees shorter than 6 feet, lumber and wood fence posts, and clean tree stumps. The service will be available through Jan. 31 at the Anchorage Regional Landfill Wood Lot in Eagle River and Central Transfer Station Central Wood Lot on East 56th Avenue.

Residents are encouraged to use the Hazard Tree App to report downed trees on municipal land for removal.