DEVELOPING: High Winds Causes Power Outages, Winter Storm Keeps Public Safety Officials Busy

UPDATE 9:21pm: CMP is reporting 82,597 customers without power while Emera has 55,879. Total number of people without power is 138,476.

UPDATE 4:10pm RT. 90 is closed in both lanes near the intersection of RT. 90 and 17 for power lines in the roadway.

Central Maine Power is reporting 62,337 with Knox (18,622), Lincoln (14,438) and Waldo (13,328) hardest hit.

Emera is reporting their outage map is having problems.

UPDATE 3:05pm: There are currently at this time 45,863 CMP customers without power. Public safety officials are busy with calls.

Camden Fire responded to a call on chestnut hill, tree into house. Resident fine, tree will be cleaned up tomorrow.

Rt. 17 should be passable now.

UPDATE 11:54am: Central Maine Power is currently reporting 10,256 and Emera 4,332 customers without power.

RT 17 is backed up around the Hope/Rockport town line.

Numerous vehicles are off the road on rt 131.

A power line pole is hanging 4 feet from the ground on River Rd. in St. George. 

UPDATE #2: Police, Fire and Sheriff  are busy with several vehicles going off the road and trees in wires. The roads are snow covered and slick. If driving today please be careful.

Power companies Central Maine Power, 2,226 and Emera, 5,479 are reporting a total of 7,705 customers without power at 11am.

Rockland fire units responded to a single vehicles hitting a tree by the court house, patient transported. 
   
UPDATE: Central Maine Power is now reporting a total of 1,896 customers without power at this time.

Rockland, Maine - Due to the high winds from today's winter storm has caused major power outages to the area. According to Rockland PD and Dispatch a large tree came down on Willow street has caused 1,624 customers to be without power.

Other areas hit with power outages are Knox with 1,705, Androscoggin 245, Cumberland 53, Franklin 32, Hancock 140, Kennebec 1, Lincoln 262, Oxford 275, Sagadahoc 25, Somerset 185, Waldo 114 and York 150 with 3,187 total in the Central Maine Power service area. Emera is reporting 3,144 customers without power.

Please send storm photographs to rockycoastnews@live.com. We want to keep our readers updated on what the conditions are like outside.