Three people have now died in Maine as a result of the storm. In Windham, police said part of a tree fell and killed 40-year-old Troy Olson, who was removing debris from his roof. And in Fairfield, 77-year-old William Tanner was fatally injured while removing a downed tree with a tractor. And a Mexico town official told News Center Maine that one of two people who were missing after their vehicle was swept away by floodwaters on Monday evening had been found dead. The second person remains missing.
“We’ll see if people are starting to get their power back,” she said. “This looks like a big storm, so I guess the question will be how many people will get their power restored.”
State of emergency declared
Maine Gov. Janet Mills declared a civil state of emergency for most of the state, noting the storm had “left hundreds of thousands of people without power” and “caused significant flooding and infrastructure damage, including to the state’s federal-aid highways.”
“Flooding continues to be a serious risk in many areas of the state. I cannot stress this enough – if you live in an area that is hard hit, please stay off the roads as much as possible and stay away from flooded areas, including flooded roadways,” Mills said Wednesday.
