MAINE, Maine — The season's first nor'easter pounded Maine with strong winds and heavy rain that began Wednesday night and continued into Thursday morning.
The fast-moving storm as of 7:15 a.m. had already knocked out power to
148,285 Central Maine Power customers, the majority of them in Cumberland and York counties.
Emera Maine is reporting 29,269 power outages.
Check CMP for full list of outages here.
Check Emera outages here.
Downed trees across the state are not only knocking out power but making driving difficult. Find current driving conditions and closed roads here.
Some of the storm's strongest winds have been seen in Casco Bay through Penobscot Bay and Downeast Maine. At the Portland Jetport, winds gusted 62 to mph, making it to the top-ten list of strongest wind gusts in Maine since 1941.
Transformers were blowing all over Maine including one in South Portland during Storm Center.
