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Thousands of Mainers without power; wind gusts expected to last through the afternoon

Strong winds, primarily throughout southern and central Maine, are leading to downed trees and power lines.
Credit: Jim Lucas

MAINE, USA — As of 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Central Maine Power's website reported roughly 4,500 of its customers were without power. By 6 p.m. slightly more than 2,000 customers were still without power.

Strong winds, primarily throughout southern and central Maine, are leading to downed trees and power lines. 

The photo below from Jim Lucas was taken on Maple Street in Westbrook around 11:30 a.m.

Credit: Jim Lucas

In an outage alert at 2 p.m. Emera Maine said, "From Fort Kent to Allagash, Eastbrook to Franklin, winds and wind gusts have caused service interruptions to more than 2,100 customers." As of 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Emera Maine reported about 1,800 customers without power.

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