Storm Arthur, which is moving up the East Coast and may scrape North Carolina as a hurricane, is expected to block a cold front from the west, bringing rain, thunderstorms and the threat of flooding, the U.S. Weather Prediction Center said. As Arthur passes, the front will be able to move, and New York City’s […]
weather
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Weather knocks out power to about 1,300 Emera customers
BANGOR — A Maine utility is working to restore power to more than 1,300 customers in several counties in the state. A total of 1,353 Emera Maine customers are without power due to weather conditions. Most of the customers are in northern Penobscot and Piscataquis counties, while some are in southern Penobscot, Hancock and Washington […]
advertisement
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Maine and Vermont lead nation in annual warming trends
WASHINGTON — The United States is warming fastest at two of its corners, in the Northeast and the Southwest, an analysis of federal temperature records shows. Northeastern states — led by Maine and Vermont — have gotten the hottest in the last 30 years in annual temperature, gaining 2.5 degrees on average. But Southwestern states […]
Posted inMaine, sj-web
Funnel cloud spotted in Caribou
CARIBOU — Officials say powerful thunderstorms disrupted Memorial Day activities in northern Maine with heavy rain, hail and gusts topping 40 mph. Meteorologist Joe Hewitt from the National Weather Service in Caribou says one of Monday’s storms produced a confirmed funnel cloud but that it didn’t touch down. He said there also were unconfirmed reports […]
Posted inBusiness, Franklin
Late winter may mean late crops from Maine farmers
FARMINGTON — Maine’s late winter likely will mean locally grown crops will be available later than usual at farmers markets. Many farmers, like David Pike in Farmington, are still planting crops, while others like Annette Marin in Rumford haven’t even started yet. The ground’s been too cold. “We usually try to get the first corn […]
Posted insj-web, Specials
Wet spring snows hit Rockies, Nebraska
DENVER — Trucks began rolling again across a southern Wyoming artery that had been shuttered for more than 24 hours and officials in Nebraska made plans to move some primary polling locations Monday following a powerful spring storm that brought up to 3 feet of snow to the Rockies and spawned thunderstorms and tornadoes in […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Hundreds rescued from floodwaters in Fla., Ala.
PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. — People were plucked off rooftops or climbed into their attics to get away from fast-rising waters when nearly 2 feet of rain fell on the Florida Panhandle and Alabama coast in the span of about 24 hours, the latest bout of severe weather that began with tornadoes in the Midwest. On […]
Posted inLewiston-Auburn
Goodbye to a ‘cold’ April
Finally, it’s May. Good riddance to April. “It feels like March” was a common complaint on a good day. Other days felt like February. But the National Weather Service says this April wasn’t much colder than average. Temperatures rose into the 60s on five days of the past month, said NWS meteorologist Chris Kimble. “The […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Rescuers search for survivors of deadly tornado
VILONIA, Ark. — Emergency officials were searching for survivors Monday in the debris left by a powerful tornado that killed at least 16 people in Arkansas and carved an 80-mile path of destruction through suburban Little Rock. The tornado that slammed into Vilonia, just west of the capital city, grew to about half a mile […]
Posted inNation / World, sj-web
Tornadoes kill 16 in Arkansas, 1 in Oklahoma
The tornado touched down Sunday about 10 miles west of Little Rock at around 7 p.m., then carved an 80-mile path of destruction as it passed through or near several suburbs north of the state capital, including Vilonia. It grew to be a half-mile wide and remained on the ground for much of that route, […]