The week starts off really nice with a ton of sunshine. Wednesday looks cloudy and cool, only to be followed up by some humidity and a few thunderstorms on Thursday. The weekend could be a bit unsettled, too.
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As hurricane season begins, state regulator urges Mainers to buy flood insurance
Maine Insurance Superintendent Eric Cioppa said scientists are predicting an increase in the number and severity of hurricanes and major storms this year.
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Cooler for Memorial Day, summer warmth returns midweek
The coolest day this week will be Memorial Day. After that, things are looking toasty, with our first 90 degree day possible. Thunderstorms are back to end off the work week.
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Cold and windy Saturday with rain and snow showers; drier Sunday
It’s the second weekend of May and snow is on the way. Things look to improve after this wild weather weekend.
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Polar vortex to unleash winterlike cold across half of nation, with snow in the Northeast
The potential for a few areas of accumulating snow is on tap along the Appalachians from North Carolina through Maine.
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Some showers to start the week, another cool down by next weekend
After the first sunny, warm spring weekend, clouds and showers return. By the end of the week, it will feel more like March. So long, late spring temperatures.
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With so many hotels closed, how does CMP find rooms for 1,500 line and tree workers?
Responding to a pair of storms this month, the utility had to feed and find rooms for hundreds of workers – a bigger challenge during the pandemic.
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Another week when spring will tease Maine – then let in the cold
Last week featured a few different storm systems and below-average temperatures. It looks like this week could be an exact repeat, but with weaker storms and slightly higher temperatures.
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Crews restore power to majority of customers in Maine
Crews take advantage of calmer conditions to reduce the outages from 36,000 in the morning to roughly 6,600 by Tuesday night, with most of the remaining outages in northern and Down East areas of the state.
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Gusts, rain complicate work as crews try to restore power outages from last storm
State officials were also concerned about flash flooding along several rivers swollen by heavy rain and snowmelt.