Factbox: New England snow storm knocks out power to over 270,000

(Reuters) - U.S. utilities in New England said a snow storm battering the region on Tuesday knocked out power to over 270,000 homes and businesses. Most of the current outages were in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York. (Graphic: Fierce storm snarls travel, knocks out power in U.S. Northeast,) (Graphic: Bomb cyclone' hits U.S. East Coast energy, power supply,) (Graphic: Storm cancels flights, causes power outages in Eastern Canada,) (Graphic: U.S. storm pulls the power plug, http://tmsnrt.rs/2Ffuuuv) (Reporting by Scott DiSavino; Editing by Susan Thomas and Diane Craft)