MAINE, USA — Overnight winds have Mainers waking up without power this morning.
As of 10 p.m., Central Maine Power (CMP) is reporting 14,500 customers are in the dark and Versant has about 81 customers without power.
CMP said in a Tweet Tuesday afternoon that their crews have restored power to more than 47,000 customers. CMP and Versant say they are continuing to work to restore the remaining outages.
Air temperatures are in the single digits, on average. But a strong northwest wind is making it feel much colder, and the wind will be with us all day long.
A High Wind Warning is in effect for Oxford, Franklin, and northern Somerset counties until 4 p.m., for northwest gusts to 65 mph.
A Wind Advisory is up for the rest of the state, for top gusts to 55 mph.
The wind is ushering in arctic air, and the combination of cold and strong gusts is making it feel like it's well below zero. The most dangerous wind chills will be in the mountains, where there was a Wind Chill Warning until 11 a.m.
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