Front deals Maine big blow ; Strong winds take down trees and power lines as Arctic air signals its arrival.

From: Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) | Date: February 18, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

ANN S. KIM Staff Writer
Portland Press Herald (Maine)
02-18-2006
Front deals Maine big blow ; Strong winds take down trees and power lines as Arctic air signals its arrival.
Byline: ANN S. KIM Staff Writer
Edition: Final
Section: FRONT
Memo: WHIPPED BY THE WIND GUSTS RECORDED Friday by the National Weather Service: Waterville, 47 mph Augusta, 52 mph Portland, 52 mph Sanford, 54 mph Bath, 60 mph Westbrook, 60 mph Gray, 63 mph Cape Elizabeth, 70 mph Mount Washington, 135

High winds felled tree limbs and power lines around southern Maine on Friday as a strong cold front clashed with warmer air that ...

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