MAINE, USA — Editor's note: This story is developing and will be updated throughout the day.
A powerful storm that made its way into Maine Tuesday night has left thousands without power Wednesday.
As of 2:15 p.m. Wednesday, Versant reported about 14,000 customers without power.
As of the same time Wednesday, about 14,600 Central Maine Power customers were reported to be without power.
Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative, which serves northern Washington County and eastern Aroostook County, reported about 405 outages as of 2:15 p.m. Wednesday.
CMP and Versant reported preparing hundreds of crews to deploy for repairs but issued a reminder that high winds could delay line workers from getting up in bucket trucks safely.
The National Weather Service station in Gray reported two wind gusts over 90 mph off of coastal islands in Knox County. Isle au Haut, an island in Penobscot Bay that hosts a portion of Acadia National Park, recorded a 95-mph gust. Matinicus Rock, an island several miles off the coast, saw "hurricane force winds" and a 92-mph wind gust, the weather service reported.
Road closures, flooding, and damage
Old County Road in Rockport closed between Wellington Drive and Route 1 due to wires blocking the road.
"It's a wild one," the Rockport Fire Department said in a social media post.
Union Road in Waldoboro closed between Castner Road and Dew Drop Lane due to downed trees and wires, according to the Waldoboro Fire Department.
Multiple roads in Scarborough were closed Wednesday morning, the police department posted on Facebook shortly before 10 a.m., including several sections of Route 1.
A portion of Pine Point Road was impassable around 10 a.m. during high tide.
The nearby town of Old Orchard Beach also posted road closures. As of 1 p.m., West Grand Avenue from Tripoli Avenue to the Saco line was closed, along with side streets.
Webhannet Drive in Wells closed from Seaview Drive to Days Lane due to splash-over from the incoming tide, Wells police said.
Shore Road in Cape Elizabeth saw flooding and debris Wednesday morning.
J's Oyster on the Portland waterfront posted photos of flooding surrounding the building.
Several roads in Bath were also closed Wednesday morning due to flooding, according to the police department, indicating that high tides were contributing to the high flood waters.
A U-Haul facility on Marginal Way in Portland saw flooding Wednesday.
The Portland International Jetport also reported that a Boeing 737 Max 8 plane was damaged after high winds pushed it into a jet bridge around 4:30 a.m. No passengers or crew members were on the plane at the time.
As the worst of the storm settles and passes, the coastline and the incoming mid-morning high tide will be a major focus. The new moon phase is approaching, and tides this week are the highest of the month. Surge and monster breakers are expected to cause some problems, and road closures and beach erosion will be possible, according to NEWS CENTER Maine Chief Meteorologist Todd Gutner.
Snowfall totals
More than a foot of snow fell inland, along Maine's western mountains and northern Maine, though the amounts were largely short-lived as the precipitation changed over to rain for most of the state.
The National Weather Service station in Gray reported at about 7 a.m. nearly 15 inches of snow in Franklin County before turning over to widespread rain.
Sugarloaf ski area's mountain report showed 14 inches of heavy, dense snow as of 11 a.m., though several trails were closed Wednesday morning due to high winds.
Areas of central and northern Penobscot County measured snowfall amounts of about a foot, and Piscataquis County reported snowfall totals around 2 feet in Baxter State Park, the National Weather Service's station in Caribou reported around 6 a.m.
RELATED: NEWS CENTER Maine Weather Forecast
Next storm on the horizon
We're going to do this all over again on Saturday, too. A similar storm with snow changing to rain, gusty winds, and a coastal flood threat is set to blast through New England.