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A widespread storm Sunday night dropped significant snowfall across much of eastern and northern Maine following a weekend of unusually low temperatures.
Some parts of the state had seen a foot of snow by Monday morning, according to WGME.
Snowfall is expected to taper off into snow showers Monday afternoon, the National Weather Service’s Caribou office said. The service hadn’t posted snowfall totals from the storm as of Monday morning.
Schools, businesses and state offices have closed, and more than 500 people in the island town of Stonington lost power, according to Versant Power. Service there was restored before noon Monday, the company’s outage map shows.
A private plane carrying eight people also crashed at Bangor International Airport during the storm at 7:45 p.m. Sunday. It crashed just after takeoff and caught fire, according to the National Safety Transportation Board, which plans to investigate once weather conditions allow investigators to reach the airport. Information about possible survivors hasn’t been released.