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Snow slows down crews restoring power in Maine
The Maine couple spent Christmas Eve at a family member’s home without electricity. Christmas morning found them at their own home without power. And to complete their holiday, they traveled to a third darkened home to exchange gifts that afternoon. “You have to go with the flow and adapt, and do the best you can,” […]
Out-of-state utility crews helping Maine turn the lights back on
BELFAST — Repair crews from up and down the East Coast converged on Maine in their bucket trucks this week to help fix power lines damaged in the ice storm. At least 350 line crews came to Maine from other New England states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Florida and New Brunswick to aid Central […]
After ice, snow expected
MORE COVERAGE: Snow, cold may hamper power efforts in Maine As of Christmas night, Central Maine Power reported 39,000 households were without power after losing electricity on Monday from a multiple-day ice storm. “Crews will keep working tonight. There’ll be an enormous push tomorrow,” CMP spokesman John Carroll said Wednesday night. “By the end of the […]
Another day of freezing rain creates problems
AUBURN — Ice, sleet and snow, combined with increasing winds could be a problem through the Christmas holiday, the National Weather Service reported Monday night. The storm that hit Saturday night and coated much of Maine in ice Sunday had not eased late Monday. “We’re starting to see the pine trees and branches on the […]
CMP customers dealing with new power outages Monday
MORE COVERAGE: Day 2 of ice storm hits Maine LEWISTON — Hundreds of power outages Monday morning turned into tens of thousands by afternoon and by late night, about 100,000 Maine customers lacked electricity. Central Maine Power and Bangor Hydro workers were busy around the state. On Monday morning, Central Maine Power reported only 500 power […]
Day 2 of ice storm hits Maine
Broken pole in Centerville, near Jonesboro in Washington county. This is what our line crews have been working on. pic.twitter.com/AyFSJwbceT — Bangor Hydro/MPS (@bangorhydro_mps) December 23, 2013 UPDATED 3:55 PM: GRAY — The National Weather Service has extended its ice storm warning until 7 p.m. for Androscoggin, Cumberland, Franklin, Oxford and Somerset counties. UPDATED 3:49 […]
Ice storm expected to continue Monday
It’s not the big ice storm of 1998 that crippled much of the state, but the National Weather Service considers the storm that hit over the weekend “a long-duration event” that will cause icing into Monday. Although this particular storm didn’t pack the same punch as ’98, Marine said, “any ice storm is bad,” and […]
Freezing rain for Lewiston-Auburn tonight
Temperatures in the Lewiston-Auburn area are expected to remain close to or just above freezing this afternoon and evening, with freezing rain expected sometime between 9 p.m. and 1 a.m. The National Weather Service in Gray estimated this area will get half an inch to three-quarters of an inch of ice during the weekend storm. […]
Significant freezing rain expected Saturday night
The National Weather Service predicts freezing rain across most of western Maine and New Hampshire this weekend. The freezing rain is expected to start Saturday night and continue through Sunday evening. The NWS expects significant ice accumulations — especially in the foothills.