FARMINGTON — Heavy rain Sunday night into Monday washed out more than 30 roads in Franklin County as streams, brooks and rivers overflowed their banks.

The water is expected to continue to rise, even after the rain stops, Amanda Simoneau, director of Franklin County Emergency Manager Agency said.

“Pretty much the entire county is effected right now,” Simoneau said, including roads in the unorganized territory.

Spruce Mountain schools in Jay and Livermore closed early due to rising water.

Some roads in the northern Androscoggin County towns of Livermore and Livermore Falls were also flooded.

Parts of Route 4 in the Strong area were closed, as well as state Route 133 in the Livermore Falls area toward Wayne. Sections of tar collapsed of Moose Hill Road in Livermore Falls, near Souther and Claybrook roads, and Weld Road in Washington Township south of Temple.

James Gould, chief of Phillips Fire Department, said most of the roads in town are flooded.

In Wilton, Wilson Pond washed over the retaining wall flooding the area where benches are located and steps to the water on Lake Road.

Pond Road was also closed in Wilton at the Route 156 end. Orchard Street was not fully passable.

Representatives from The Ice Cream Shoppe on state Route 4 in Farmington were moving equipment out the business as  flood waters surrounded the parking lot and closed in on the building.

A University of Maine at Farmington parking lot off Front Street in Farmington flooded but all vehicles were moved to higher ground, UMF Police Chief Brock Caton wrote in an email.

“Front Street and the Intervale on Main Street are also currently flooded near McDonald’s and Hippach Field area. The whole athletic field looks to be under water,” he said.

Carrabassett Valley Police Department posted a photo of the southbound lane on state Route 27 where some pavement appeared to be collapsing between the Transfer Station and Caribou Pond Road on Bigelow Hill.

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