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Sediment-rich floodwater rushed down the Androscoggin River late Saturday afternoon in Rumford after up to 3 inches of rain fell Friday night into Saturday in the river’s watershed. According to the National Weather Service in Gray, Phillips recorded the most rain statewide at nearly 3.5 inches, while Livermore got just over 3 inches and Wilton, 2.70 inches.
Storm clouds that dumped heavy rain on western Maine from late Friday afternoon to mid afternoon on Saturday, head east late Saturday afternoon in Rumford while the sediment-laden, swollen Androscoggin River churns past Rumford papermill NewPage Inc. in the background.
Pond Road in Wilton was closed to traffic on Saturday after heavy rains dumped nearly three inches on the area, sending floodwaters across the road in a wetlands near Wilson Pond.
Floodwaters from a wetland that overflowed onto Pond Road in Wilton, closing it to traffic on Saturday, rush through a concrete culvert toward the west side of Wilson Pond after nearly three inches of rain fell on Wilton.
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