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Utility poles snap, taking down transformer in Bath

Bath residents dealing with debris, storm damage

Updated: 3:55 PM EST Dec 18, 2023

OUT. REPORTING IN WELLS CALLING HURLEY MAINS. TOTAL WEATHER. OKAY, COLLEEN. THANK YOU. LOTS TO WATCH. LOTS TO CHECK IN AS ROGER POINTED OUT EARLIER. BACK WITH TERRY STACKHOUSE. TERRY, WE SEE SOME DEBRIS BEHIND YOU. LARGE TREES. IS THAT INDICATIVE OF THE DAMAGE THAT YOU’RE SEEING ALL OVER THAT BATH AREA THERE THIS AFTERNOON? YEAH, JOHN, IT REALLY IS. I MEAN, THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE. WE’RE HERE IN WASHINGTON STREET IN BATH, BUT JUST A MILE DOWN THE ROAD AS WELL. THERE’S ANOTHER PILE OF DEBRIS THAT PUBLIC WORKS CREWS WERE ABLE TO SWEEP OUT OF THE ROAD SO THAT LOWER SECTION OF WASHINGTON STREET, A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO THE KENNEBEC RIVER, YOU CAN GET BY THAT. BUT LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT WHERE WE’RE STANDING RIGHT NOW. THIS SECTION OF THE ROAD IS CLOSED. THIS IS RIGHT NEAR, UH, BEACON STREET AND SOMERSET PLACE, WHERE TWO UTILITY POLES HAVE SNAPPED. YOU SEE THE UPPER PORTION OF ONE STILL DANGLING THERE AND THEN THE OTHER TAKEN DOWN BY ROUGHLY 50 FOOT TREE. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. A TRANSFORMER IS ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD ITSELF. HUNDREDS OF CMP CUSTOMERS IN THIS PART OF BATH ARE WITHOUT POWER. THERE WAS A WOMAN WHO CAME DRIVING BY A LITTLE WHILE AGO. SHE PARKED JUST ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THIS BARRICADE. SHE WAS TRYING TO GET A VANTAGE POINT OF WHAT IS JUST BEYOND THIS ROAD CLOSURE, BECAUSE SHE LIVES BACK THERE. AND, UH, OF COURSE, WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT ALL AFTERNOON. THE POTENTIAL DANGER WITH ANY DOWNED POWER LINE, THE POSSIBILITY OF A LIVE WIRE. SHE HAD TO PICK UP SOME CLOTHING FOR HER DAUGHTER, WHO’S ALSO WITHOUT POWER. BUT SHE DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT? I’M GOING TO TAKE A LOOP AROUND THE STREET AND NOT GO THIS WAY. WE’VE SEEN SO MANY PEOPLE HEEDING THAT CAUTION HERE. SO THAT IS IS GOOD. THIS HAS BEEN A BUSY ARTERY FOR TRAFFIC THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. UH, SCHOOL BUSSES. THIS IS ONE OF THE DISTRICTS THAT HAD AN EARLY RELEASE. WE SAW SOME STUDENTS THAT HAD BEEN LET GO HERE. UH, I DID SPEAK WITH A GENTLEMAN WHO LIVES IN THE APARTMENT, WHICH IS JUST TO MY RIGHT. HE SAID THAT HE’S ACTUALLY NEVER LOST POWER IN THIS PART OF BATH BEFORE, BUT HE SAID THAT HE GOT AN ADVISORY FROM CMP AND SAID THAT IT WILL LIKELY TAKE SEVERAL HOURS, BE LATER ON TONIGHT. THE EARLIEST THAT THEY COULD SEE POWER RESTORED. WE’RE LOOKING AT ALL THE HOMES IN THE AREA. THEY’RE ALL DARK AT THIS MOMENT. DIFFERENT MUNICIPALITIES HAVE SAID, PREPARE TO HUNKER DOWN, JUST STAY WHERE YOU ARE. STAY SAFE, STAY WARM, AND THEN WAIT FOR THESE WINDS TO DIE DOWN. THEN T

Bath residents dealing with debris, storm damage

Updated: 3:55 PM EST Dec 18, 2023

Across Maine, a windstorm is knocking out power while rains washout roadways. Maine's Total Coverage reporter Terry Stackhouse was in Bath where residents are dealing with debris on roadways.On Beacon Street and Somerset Place, two utilities poles have snapped. One of the poles was taken down by a nearly 50-foot tree, causing a transformer to fall to the shoulder of the road.At this time, hundreds of Central Maine Power customers are without power in the Bath area. Officials believe it will take several hours to restore power to those in the town.Bath is just one of the many areas in Maine that are experiencing power outages. More than 340,000 customers are without power as of 3:30 p.m. on Monday.POWER OUTAGE MAP: Hundreds of thousands without powerIf you experience a power outage, report it online on the CMP website. If wind speeds are above 35 mph, crews will have to wait to restore power.

BATH, Maine —

Across Maine, a windstorm is knocking out power while rains washout roadways.

Maine's Total Coverage reporter Terry Stackhouse was in Bath where residents are dealing with debris on roadways.

On Beacon Street and Somerset Place, two utilities poles have snapped. One of the poles was taken down by a nearly 50-foot tree, causing a transformer to fall to the shoulder of the road.

At this time, hundreds of Central Maine Power customers are without power in the Bath area.

Officials believe it will take several hours to restore power to those in the town.

Bath is just one of the many areas in Maine that are experiencing power outages. More than 340,000 customers are without power as of 3:30 p.m. on Monday.

POWER OUTAGE MAP: Hundreds of thousands without power

If you experience a power outage, report it online on the CMP website. If wind speeds are above 35 mph, crews will have to wait to restore power.