BANGOR, Maine — Heavy freezing rain and rising wind is knocking out power to customers around the state just a week after reconnections were wrapping up from a Christmas-week ice storm.

As of 8 a.m., Emera Maine figures show almost 2,000 without power, mainly in Hancock, Penobscot and Washington counties. Central Maine Power is showing more than 8,500 outages on its website.

In a release, Emera said crews are working to connect power and that trees weakened by the ice storm may be breaking at last.

“Crews have worked over the past week to remove damaged tree limbs from the previous storm to prevent outages, but there may still be some damaged trees falling due to the strong winds,” the release said.

Much of Eastern Maine is under a wind advisory until 6 p.m. Monday, according to the National Weather Service. Penobscot, Piscataquis and Washington county residents can expect 25-35 mph winds, the release said, with gusts as high as 45 mph.

Most of the state was under a freezing rain advisory overnight. That has been lifted but roads are still expected to be slick.

Lead meteorologist Joe Hewitt of the National Weather Service in Caribou said Sunday that Monday’s rain, which could be as much as 3/4 inch in the coastal areas, will fall on top of melted snow and could clog storm drains.

The drenched snow will weigh heavily on rooftops already groaning under the recent snowfall.

Dozens of school districts have canceled classes, including Lewiston-Auburn.

Later in the week, the cold will return, with temperatures 0 to 10 degrees overnight Monday through Friday morning, and daytime highs no more than 15 to 20 degrees in the Bangor area. The southern part of the state will reach 25 to 30 degrees later in the week.