Power Outages Plague Maine and New Hampshire After Severe Storm
Portland, Maine.- Crews in Maine and New Hampshire are working tirelessly to restore electricity to over 100,000 homes and businesses that remain without power after a powerful storm brought high winds and heavy snowfall.
Maine’s power company has issued warnings that some areas may not have power restored until Monday or Tuesday, despite the hard work of 1,125 electrician crews and 400 tree-cutting crews. The majority of the outages, totaling more than 150,000 on Saturday morning, were concentrated in southern Maine, while over 100,000 homes and businesses in New Hampshire were also affected.
According to Central Maine Power spokesman Jonathan Breed, the company has received more than 5,000 reports of damage, with over 300 power poles broken as a result of the storm. Maine has been hit hard by severe weather this winter and spring, with hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses experiencing power outages in recent months.
Breed noted that these storms have become more frequent and intense in the past decade, attributing the trend to climate change. The recent storm brought heavy rain and strong winds to the Northeast, with wind gusts surpassing 60 miles per hour in parts of New England. Some areas received over a foot of snow, contributing to widespread power outages across the region.
In total, approximately 700,000 people were left without power in New England at the peak of the storm, marking the biggest April storm in the region since 2020. The challenge of restoring power to affected areas remains a top priority for crews working tirelessly to bring electricity back to homes and businesses in Maine and New Hampshire.