MAINE, USA — Much of Maine's coastal towns are under a severe thunderstorm warning Tuesday afternoon. Heavy wind has downed trees, leaving thousands of Mainers without power.
Central Maine Power (CMP) is reporting 23,427 customers are without power as of around 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, with a majority of the outages in Kennebec, Knox, Oxford, and York counties.
Versant Power, formerly known as Emera Maine, estimates 6,743 of its customers were without power from the storm. A majority of Versant's outages are in Penobscot County.
Versant says crews are working to restore service.
"Service should be restored to most customers in the Old Town-Orono area fairly quickly as operators make adjustments to isolate the outage to the immediate area where a tree has fallen and broken two utility poles," Versant said in a release.
As of around 6:45 p.m., Versant restored about 50% of its outages and reports 3,567 are still without power, while 20,536 CMP customers are without power.
NEWS CENTER Maine meteorologist Ryan Breton says the storm will be offshore by around 6 p.m.
Keep track of CMP outages with its outage map, and click here for Versant's outage map.
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