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Strong wind gusts knock out power to more than 100,000 Maine homes, businesses

Strong wind gusts knock out power to more than 100,000 Maine homes, businesses

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SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (WGAN) Powerful wind gusts led to more than 100,000 outages among Central Maine Power customers Wednesday morning.

Crews were expected to work throughout the day to restore service to homes and businesses in the state.

The utility reported more than 24,000 outages in Kennebec County.

Cumberland County had over 13,000.

Every county in CMP’s coverage area had at least 1,000 outages.

CMP keeps a running tally of its outages on its website. You can access their list of outages by clicking here.

Heavy rain that came down sideways at times created treacherous driving conditions for Mainers on their way to work Thursday morning.

CBS 13 reports trees came down on cars on Drowne Road in Cumberland and Melbourne St. in Portland.

Vaughan St. in Portland was blocked after a tree took out some power lines.

Westbrook police reported a tree and wires down near Saco and Bernadette Streets.

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