A pedestrian crosses Ash Street in the rain Friday in Lewiston. Elsa, which was a hurricane when it made landfall in Florida earlier in the week, was downgraded to a post-tropical storm as it passed through the state Friday. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

A young boy doesn’t let Friday’s downpour stop him from riding around his Auburn neighborhood. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Pedestrians walk toward Dufresne Plaza in Lewiston after crossing Lisbon Street during Friday’s downpour. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A truck plows through a massive puddle Friday on Center Street in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A pedestrian passes underneath the Hopeful sign on Bates Mill No.5 on Friday in Lewiston. Post-tropical Storm Elsa passed through the state Friday. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Natalie Lewis, 6, rounds the corner of the family car Friday in Auburn with her umbrella and rubber boots. Her mother, Casandra Lewis, follows behind. The two were headed out on an outing to the mall. “It’s raining and we need something to do,” the Auburn mother said. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

As the rains from Post-tropical Storm Elsa continue pouring down on Friday, some of its waters begin bubbling up through a manhole at the bottom of a hill on Hampshire Street in Auburn. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal