Many across Maine are waking up without power after Saturday’s snowstorm transitioned to freezing rain and sleet. Ice continues to coat most of Coastal Maine, impacting travel and bringing down powerlines. As of 8:30 a.m., more than 188,000 people are without power. Cumberland and York counties are experiencing the greatest number of outages. Cumberland County is reporting 88,992 while York County has more than 47,000. Saturday night, Central Maine Power said widespread efforts would begin on Sunday due to “incredibly dangerous road and work conditions” for crews. Central Maine Power Spokesperson Jon Breed said the restoration could take multiple days. “As the sun comes out today, we are out there already beginning to assess damage. Our customers are going to see that assessment period last throughout the day today,” Breed said.Breed said they are trying to get the personnel in place as they try to assess the damage done by the storm. Much of that damage is along Maine’s coastline from Kittery up to Belfast.”At this point, we are looking at a multi-day outage scenario. Hopefully we’ll be in a good situation by Tuesday,” Breed said. “We’re going to have a lot of work to do cleaning up after this storm.”Central Maine Power is reminding people not to try and remove any trees or limbs that have power lines in them:”If you see that a power line or tree or limb has yellow tape on in, the SPFD has already been to check on it; you do not need to call 911 if we have already marked the hazard.”You can follow the latest outages from Central Maine Power by clicking here. If you experience a power outage, report it online on the CMP website.
Many across Maine are waking up without power after Saturday’s snowstorm transitioned to freezing rain and sleet.
Ice continues to coat most of Coastal Maine, impacting travel and bringing down powerlines. As of 8:30 a.m., more than 188,000 people are without power.
Cumberland and York counties are experiencing the greatest number of outages. Cumberland County is reporting 88,992 while York County has more than 47,000.
Saturday night, Central Maine Power said widespread efforts would begin on Sunday due to “incredibly dangerous road and work conditions” for crews.
Central Maine Power Spokesperson Jon Breed said the restoration could take multiple days.
“As the sun comes out today, we are out there already beginning to assess damage. Our customers are going to see that assessment period last throughout the day today,” Breed said.
Breed said they are trying to get the personnel in place as they try to assess the damage done by the storm.
Much of that damage is along Maine’s coastline from Kittery up to Belfast.
“At this point, we are looking at a multi-day outage scenario. Hopefully we’ll be in a good situation by Tuesday,” Breed said. “We’re going to have a lot of work to do cleaning up after this storm.”
Central Maine Power is reminding people not to try and remove any trees or limbs that have power lines in them:
“If you see that a power line or tree or limb has yellow tape on in, the SPFD has already been to check on it; you do not need to call 911 if we have already marked the hazard.”
You can follow the latest outages from Central Maine Power by clicking here.
If you experience a power outage, report it online on the CMP website.
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