Clearing out from the Blizzard of ’26 is proving to be no joke for southern Massachusetts, where communities remain buried under 30-plus inches of snow, forcing extended school closures and parking bans.

On top of treacherous road conditions, more than 100,000 Bay Staters remain in the dark and without power following Monday’s mammoth nor’easter, which, for some communities, surpassed the Blizzard of ’78 in terms of impact.

As of Wednesday evening, MEMA’s power outage map showed more than half of Cape Cod towns still suffering, with over 50% of their customers in the dark. Provincetown had 97% of its 5,943 residents without power, by far the top leader in the state.

“We continue to urge Eversource to work as quickly as they can to restore power townwide,” Provincetown Town Manager Alex More said in a statement. “We appreciate your patience and are doing everything we can to expedite their progress.”

“In the meantime, we remain here to help and appreciate everyone coming together to support friends and neighbors,” the town manager added. “We will continue to provide updates.”

Barnstable and Falmouth each had over 16,000 residents searching for light, as of 6 p.m., with Plymouth following behind, clocking in with more than 14,500 residents without power.

Scores of school districts have already called off classes for the remainder of the week. That means students will have been out for two straight weeks, following last week’s February vacation.

Districts set to be off Thursday and Friday include Falmouth, Dennis-Yarmouth Regional, Fairhaven, Mashpee, Plymouth, Sandwich and Taunton, as of Wednesday evening.

“At this time, many of our school buildings are still without power,” Plymouth Superintendent Chris Campbell said in a letter to families Wednesday afternoon. “Road conditions remain vulnerable, with downed trees and wires, heavy snowbanks limiting visibility and access, and some areas still impassable.”

“We are also addressing fire suppression concerns,” Campbell added, “removing snow loads from vulnerable roofs, and coordinating with heavy equipment contractors to assist with large-scale snow removal at our buildings.”

Some communities are extending their parking bans because of the challenges they’re facing in removing the heaping piles of snow. Attleboro has pushed its restrictions through Monday, a full week after the storm. Other communities, like Raynham, Watertown and Marblehead, have stated their bans will stay in place through the end of the week.

Attleboro firefighters had to overcome deep snow, live electrical wires and frozen hydrants to extinguish a two-alarm fire at a home early Wednesday morning. Multiple pets died during the blaze, according to authorities.

“The storm this week has created extremely difficult working conditions for Attleboro’s firefighters,” Fire Chief Scott T. LaChance said in a statement.

A state of emergency remains in effect for all counties except for Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire and Franklin. Snow removal crews and equipment from Vermont and New York have arrived in the Bay State to assist with snow removal operations on municipal roadways.

Gov. Maura Healey has also deployed National Guard service members to continue assisting with snow and debris removal and route clearance efforts, while MEMA local coordinators work with local cities and towns.

State Sen. Kelly Dooner, representing a handful of towns and cities in Bristol and Plymouth counties, said after coordinating with MEMA, her hard-hit district is receiving more front-end loaders to assist with snow removal.

“Every community is working around the clock,” Dooner stated in a Facebook post Wednesday evening. “I know you’re tired of hearing ‘please be patient,’ but this storm is unlike anything we’ve experienced before (yes, we got more snow than the blizzard of 78, and no, I was not alive then to compare).”

The town of Easton, which received 31 inches of snow, says its DPW crews have “already logged over 1,600 hours in storm response and cleanup.” Officials are requesting “additional assets” from the state, as “front-end loaders and backhoes … are in short supply.”

“We will continue to address cleanup for the foreseeable future,” Easton officials said in a statement. “We are making slow but steady progress on widening roadways and clearing sidewalks. Please expect that this phase of the cleanup will last for at least another week.”

Eversource says it had restored power to over 295,000 customers by 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, with the energy company touting “around-the-clock work of its massive contingent of crews and the use of automated technology.”

The company is providing “town-by-town estimated restoration times today that indicate when customers can expect restoration activities in specific communities to be substantially complete.”

“Some restorations,” the company said in a statement, “particularly those difficult-to-access locations on snow-laden, narrowed roads in the hardest-hit communities that require the most complex repairs and impact small numbers of customers … will last until Friday.”