Utility crews faced about a foot of snow in some parts of Kansas as they worked Sunday to restore power to about 57,000 homes and business that remained in the dark.

A snow storm swept across the state Friday and Saturday on the heels of an earlier ice storm. The heaviest accumulations were reported in central Kansas, with Hays getting more than 13 inches of snow. Elsewhere, accumulations ranged from 1 inch to 5 inches in western Kansas to about 2 inches in eastern Kansas, said Jennifer Stark, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Topeka.

“I think it has exasperated some of the problems they’ve had with power outages,” she said of the storm. “The trucks have had to go back to snow removal instead of debris removal.”

On Sunday, Westar Energy Inc. was reporting about 19,000 outages, down from a high of more than 80,000 Tuesday, said Sharon Watson, spokeswoman for the Kansas Department of Emergency Management.

Also, about 38,000 customers of rural electric cooperatives were without power Saturday but updated numbers won’t be available from Kansas Electric Cooperatives Inc., a statewide association, until Monday, Watson said.

“They are gradually coming down,” Watson said of the outages, although she said the snow was making the power restoration effort more difficult.

The National Guard was helping clear debris in Horton in northeast Kansas’ Brown County to help power crews reach power poles. Watson said parts of the county may not have power fully restored for two weeks.