A passenger jet slid off a taxiway at Bangor International Airport and sections of Interstate 95 were closed by extremely icy conditions Saturday that had emergency responders scrambling statewide. Two people were killed in a two-vehicle crash on Cape Road in Hollis, Maine Department of Public Safety spokesman Stephen McCausland said. The accident happened shortly […]
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NWS warns rain, melting snow and ice jams could cause flooding
GRAY — The National Weather Service has issued a flood watch for western Maine this weekend. About 1 to 2 inches of rain and high temperatures in the 50s are expected Saturday. Then rain and runoff in Maine rivers may rise behind ice jams. The flood watch, which means there is a potential for flooding […]
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Almanac editor, meteorologists agree — snow will stick around
GRAY — Aside from a few early snowfalls that quickly melted away, winter weather in recent years generally settled into a six- to eight-week period between January and March. This year, the state has had standing snow in many places since early December. Does that mean Mainers can expect their six- to eight-week winter penance […]
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Livermore estimates that ice storm cost almost $23,000
LIVERMORE — An ice storm in December cost the town nearly $23,000 in overtime, equipment, materials and other expenses, Administrative Assistant Kurt Schaub said Tuesday. In addition to sanding and salting, the highway crew spent time clearing trees from the roads with the help of the Fire Department, he said. The amount covers expenses from […]
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Polar freeze spreads east, south across United States
ATLANTA — Brutal, record-breaking cold descended on the East and South, sending the mercury plummeting Tuesday into the single digits and teens from Boston, New York and Washington to Atlanta, Nashville and Birmingham — places where many people have almost no idea how to deal with freezing weather. The morning weather map for the eastern […]
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Mild temps, rain cause massive thaw ahead of freeze
LEWISTON — Snow, rain and ice snarled traffic, canceled meetings and closed schools Monday ahead of a deep freeze overnight. With freezing rain overnight Sunday turning to a more steady rain Monday morning, melting snow and runoff made small ponds of some roads, closing portions of Turner Street and leaving drivers wondering how much water […]
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Subzero ‘polar vortex’ pushes frigid air across U.S.
Wind chill warnings stretched from Montana to Alabama. For a big chunk of the Midwest, the subzero temperatures moved in behind another winter wallop: more than a foot of snow and high winds that made traveling treacherous. Officials closed schools in cities including Chicago, St. Louis and Milwaukee and warned residents to stay indoors and […]
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Auburn City Council cancels Monday’s meeting due to storm
AUBURN — City Council business scheduled for Monday night has been pushed back a week. Monday’s workshop and regular meeting were postponed due to the Monday’s rain and expected cold temperatures into Tuesday. Topics that had been scheduled included workshop discussions about block grant money and fees charged for construction that digs up city streets. […]
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Maine tries to cope with frigid cold, slippery roads
Though the light, dry snow the storm produced didn’t create much of a threat to power lines, officials had feared high winds would. By Friday, outages were minimal, with only 200 powerless in Maine, where an ice storm last week affected 160,000 customers in the state.
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Hercules blasts Maine with snow, frigid temps
LEWISTON — Happy new year to us all. The first business day of 2014 was a whopper, with all-day snow and unutterable cold — and forecasters say it will get worse before it gets better. By midday Thursday, temperatures across the region struggled to get up to zero. By nightfall, it was minus six in […]