A winter storm ramping up Wednesday morning has brought hurricane-force winds off the coast of Maine.
A high wind warning remains in effect for much of Maine through Wednesday afternoon, according to the National Weather Service.
The storm conditions blowing across the state has caused another round of flooding in a number of communities, with much of southern Maine underwater on Wednesday morning.
Meanwhile, a mix of snow and rain continued to fall in The County, with residents waking up to howling winds and snow drifts.
Here’s what communities across Maine look like right now:
Bangor
A pedestrian crosses the frozen, but rising, Kenduskeag Stream in downtown Bangor on Wednesday during the storm.
A snapped tree on Kenduskeag Avenue in Bangor pulled down power lines and broke utility poles on Wednesday.
A pedestrian walks against the wind and rain in Merchants Plaza in Bangor on Wednesday. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
A snapped utility pole on Harlow Street at Kenduskeag from a downed tree on Wednesday. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
Bangor, Maine — January 10, 2023 — A pedestrian crosses the frozen, but rising, Kenduskeag Stream in downtown Bangor on Wednesday during the storm that brought heavy rain and wind. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
A pedestrian attempts to nagivate their way across the flooded Kenduskeag Plaza from Bangor Alley on Wednesday morning during the storm that brought heavy rain and winds to Maine. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
Water from the Kenduskeag Stream spilled over the concrete walls surrounding it in downtown Bangor flooding parts of the city, Jan. 10, 2023. Credit: Sawyer Loftus / BDN
A driver gets a pickup truck out of a flooded parking area next to York Street along the Kenduskeag Stream on Wednesday.
Bangor, Maine — The Kenduskeag Stream spilled over the retaining walls around it flooding parts of downtown Bangor on Wednesday, January 10, 2023.
Water from the Kenduskeag Stream spilled over the concrete walls surrounding it in downtown Bangor flooding parts of the city, Jan. 10, 2023. Credit: Sawyer Loftus / BDN
A man gets in a vehicle to move it out of a flooded lot it was parked in along the Kenduskeag Stream on Wednesday, January 10, 2023. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
Water from the Kenduskeag Stream spilled over the retaining walls around it flooding parts of downtown Bangor on Wednesday, January 10, 2023. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
Portland and South Portland
Flooding at Willard Beach in South Portland on Jan. 10, 2024. Credit: Susan Young / BDN
Flooding at Willard Beach in South Portland on Jan. 10, 2024. Credit: Susan Young / BDN
Flooding at Willard Beach in South Portland on Jan. 10, 2024. Credit: Susan Young / BDN
Flooding at Willard Beach in South Portland on Jan. 10, 2024. Credit: Susan Young / BDN
Flooding at Willard Beach in South Portland on Jan. 10, 2024. Credit: Susan Young / BDN
A Southwest Airlines plane was blown into a jet bridge on Wednesday morning at the Portland International Jetport during a winter storm. Credit: Courtesy of the Portland International Jetport
The weather service warned that the Penobscot River was expected to reach flood stage in Bangor, with the biggest risk to the riverfront and Kenduskeag Plaza. Meanwhile, the causeway connecting Deer Isle and Little Deer Isle was closed because of flooding, and other roads along the coast in southern Maine have been submerged by the Atlantic Ocean.
Snow and rain totals weren’t immediately available Wednesday morning.
BDN writer Chris Burns contributed to this report.