More than 66,000 households across Maine were without power Friday evening, as strong winds and heavy rain swept through the state.
The storm has inflicted the most damage along the coast and some inland areas, including Penobscot County. The National Weather Service issued a storm warning for Maine’s entire coast and a high wind warning from Cumberland County’s coast to Washington County and the Bangor area.
In Penobscot County, 13,000 households were without power around 5 p.m. Friday, totally more than 15% of all Versant Power and Central Maine Power Company customers in the county.
Nearly a third of customers in Sagadahoc County were without power Friday evening, while more than 10% of households in Knox, Lincoln and Washington counties had lost power.
Winds were expected to reach maximum speeds of 55 to 60 mph in Greater Bangor, Ellsworth and Mount Desert Island and up to 50 to 55 mph from Machias to Eastport, according to the National Weather Service in Caribou.
The weather service warned that standing water and slush will freeze as temperatures drop overnight.