BOSTON (AP) — East Coast residents are bracing for a deep freeze a day after a massive winter storm slammed the region with heavy snow, hurricane-force winds and coastal flooding. Forecasters predict that record-breaking cold air and strong winds will set people’s teeth chattering like castanets from the mid-Atlantic to New England on Friday and that […]
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Why climate change doesn’t mean the end of winter storms
Last week, President Donald Trump forced us to address the easy question about climate change and winter cold. No — experts loudly responded to a Trump tweet – unusual cold in one region of the globe during winter does not mean the globe as a whole is not warming. The far harder question is how […]
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Posted inMaine
Flooding adds to the issues coastal Maine has during nor’easter
In addition to heavy snow and high winds buffeting the state Thursday, some areas – coastal areas, primarily – are dealing with flooding as well. Up and down the Maine coast, from Kennebunkport and Wells to as far east as Machias, there were reports of flooding or dangerously high water levels. In Portland, there was […]
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What fails in the extreme cold? Just about everything
You can’t fight fire with ice. That’s a frozen fact that public safety officials are grappling with as extreme cold continues to grip much of the country this week. Broken water mains make fire hydrants weak. The water that firefighters carry on their trucks can freeze. Pumps lock up. Firefighters fall down. “You see people […]
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Live updates: Powerful storm hits Maine
Emergency officials are warning Mainers to stay off the roads and prepare for power outages as a strong storm expected to bring blizzard conditions is moving into the state Thursday morning. Snow began falling in southern Maine before dawn and will be widespread and falling heavily by late morning. Blizzard conditions with strong wind gusts […]
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Before the big storm hits, a flurry of activity in coastal Maine
A storm barreling toward New England is expected to bring heavy snow and strong winds to coastal Maine on Thursday, and businesses, government agencies and airlines announced closures and cancellations ahead of its arrival. Central Maine Power Co. and emergency management officials also were preparing for power outages that could leave Mainers without heat as […]
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Nor’easter barreling toward Maine
More than a week of extreme cold in northern New England will give way briefly, but hold your celebrations — the warming temperature is going to be accompanied by a howling snowstorm. The National Weather Service said the snow will arrive Thursday, with 8 to 12 inches expected in southern and western Maine. The weather service […]
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Stocking up for the storm
Paula Young of Canton, left, checks out with Laurie Duguay of Livermore at the Hannaford supermarket in Jay on Wednesday. Long lines and full parking lots greeted shoppers preparing for Thursday’s nor’easter. (Liz Marquis/Sun Journal)
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine, sj-web
20 years ago: 1998 ice storm 'highly unusual'
Gov. Angus King remembers checking in on an elderly neighbor in Brunswick so many times that she kindly told him to leave her alone. He remembers calling Vice President Al Gore for a favor the day after Gore infamously touched a wire in Auburn, trying to help a power line crew. Could Gore get the […]
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Friday's newspaper may be late
Because of the extreme nature of predicted snow accumulation and blizzard conditions today — which meteorologists are calling a “bomb cyclone” — your newspaper delivery may be delayed Friday morning. Please make every effort to keep your delivery location clean and free of snow and ice. If needed, complimentary access to sunjournal.com and the Sun […]