PORTLAND — Another snowstorm has knocked out power for more Maine homes and businesses as a stormy December featuring more than 2 feet of snow and a prolonged ice storm draws to a close.
The National Weather Service says the latest snowstorm Sunday night brought the snow total to 26.2 inches in Portland. That’s more than double the snowfall in the typical December.
According to unofficial observations reported by the National Weather Service, Wilton and Chesterville in Franklin County and Livermore Falls in Androscoggin County got about a foot.
Corinna in Penobscot County was also reporting about a foot.
Central Maine Power says about 5,500 customers lost electricity in the latest storm. Bangor Hydro Electric, which is still dealing with hundreds of outages from last week’s ice storm, says about 1,600 homes and businesses are now in the dark.
Meterologist Mike Cempa says the new year could start the way the old one ended, with another snowstorm. He says a costal storm is on tap for Thursday and Friday.
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- A lone driver of a tractor motors down Pond Road in Wales on Monday morning. Ice coated trees from a recent ice storm collected more moisture from Sunday night’s snowfall.
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- A lone driver of a tractor motors down Pond Road in Wales on Monday morning. Ice coated trees from a recent ice storm collected more moisture from Sunday night’s snowfall.
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