A line of strong thunderstorms knocked out power to thousands of Mainers late Monday.
As of 7 a.m. Tuesday, Central Maine Power reported 402 outages, icluding 144 in Kennebec County and 126 in Oxford County
By 11:40 p.m., the number of outages reported by CMP was down to 1,832, with 498 of them in Sagadahoc County.
The gusty Labor Day thunderstorms appeared to hit Topsham and Sabattus the hardest, said Hunter Tubbs, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Gray, “but up towards Bridgton there was also a good storm that moved through and towards Lewiston as well.”
The storms produced locally heavy rainfall and, in some spots, damaging winds, he said.
“The good news is that the storms are over,” Tubbs said Monday night. “The front has crossed through and drier and cooler air is already coming back in, so the storm threat has ended across the area.”
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