Midcoast wakes up to floods, power outages, closed roads
A street in Rockland is flooded, with water surrounding a house. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Ewie Greet, of Camden, recorded 5.5 inches of rain by the time the rain stopped midday. Oct. 31.
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Lincoln Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A vehicle on Broadway catches some big waves. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Summer Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Intermittent rain ranged from a mere drizzle to white-out conditions. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Talbot and Broadway. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Some drivers chose to find another travel route while others took a risk. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Main Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Main Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A lone worker tends to a sewer drain on Thomaston Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Robinson Drive in West Rockport road collapse. (Photo by Renee Heal)
The parking lot at Maine Sport, near Goose River, in Rockport. (Photo courtesy Kristin Smith)
Route 17 in Rockport. (Photo courtesy Ginny Savage)
A swimmer in Rockport Harbor (photo by Lynda Clancy)
About to dive in to the Goose River outlet at Rockport Harbor (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
A washed out driveway in Rockport.
Rockport Harbor, at 8 a.m., around high tide. (Photo by LyndaC Clancy)
Skiffs and dinghies were underwater and sinking in Rockport Harbor (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Downtown Camden, by the Public Landing, in the alleyway that was just reconstructed this past summer, with all the gravel now washed out. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
The spillway at Camden Harbor. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Where the Megunticook River enters Camden Harbor.
Megunticook River, roaring into Camden Harbor.
Route 105 between Camden and Hope. (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
Route 105 between Camden and Hope. (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
Hosmer Pond at the foot of Molyneaux Road, in Camden. (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
Howe Hill Road, in Hope. (photo courtesy Sandra Wright)
Hosmer Pond flooding (Photo courtesy Olivia Berez)
Rockport (Photo courtesy Kerry Keefe)
Behind the Knox Center in Rockland (Photo courtesy Cam McDonald)
Behind the Knox Center in Rockland (Photo courtesy Cam McDonald)
Route 52, between Beveridge Farm and Maiden Cliff parking lot. The road is washed out and closed. The DOT anticipates a week before repair. Seek alternative routes or follow the Molyneaux Road, Start Road and Beaucaire Avenue detour SLOWLY, said Camden Fire Chief Chris Farley.
Route 52, between Beveridge Farm and Maiden Cliff parking lot. The road is washed out and closed. The DOT anticipates a week before repair. Seek alternative routes or follow the Molyneaux Road, Start Road and Beaucaire Avenue detour SLOWLY, said Camden Fire Chief Chris Farley.
Robinson Road, Rockport (Photo courtesy Larry Miller)
Downtown Rockland (Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)
Downtown Rockland (Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)
Pleasant Mountain, Rockport, around 7 a.m., Oct. 31, 2021, with Public Works crews. (Photo courtesy Mary Mayo)
7:30 a.m. on Union Street, in Rockland, across from the library. (Photo by Kendra Robinson)
(Photo by Kendra Robinson)
Lindsey Brook flow. (Photo by Deb Shepard)
South School football field area. (Photo by Deb Shepard)
RT52 Camden, Oct 31, 2021, 11:30 a.m. (Photo by James C.)
RT52 Camden, Oct 31, 2021, 11:30 a.m. (Photo by James C.)
RT52 Camden, Oct 31, 2021, 11:30 a.m. (Photo by James C.)
Hosmer Pond (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
Hosmer Pond (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
Hosmer Pond (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
A street in Rockland is flooded, with water surrounding a house. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Ewie Greet, of Camden, recorded 5.5 inches of rain by the time the rain stopped midday. Oct. 31.
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Lincoln Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A vehicle on Broadway catches some big waves. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Summer Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Intermittent rain ranged from a mere drizzle to white-out conditions. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
(Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Talbot and Broadway. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Some drivers chose to find another travel route while others took a risk. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Main Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Main Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
A lone worker tends to a sewer drain on Thomaston Street. (Photo by Sarah Thompson)
Robinson Drive in West Rockport road collapse. (Photo by Renee Heal)
The parking lot at Maine Sport, near Goose River, in Rockport. (Photo courtesy Kristin Smith)
Route 17 in Rockport. (Photo courtesy Ginny Savage)
A swimmer in Rockport Harbor (photo by Lynda Clancy)
About to dive in to the Goose River outlet at Rockport Harbor (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
A washed out driveway in Rockport.
Rockport Harbor, at 8 a.m., around high tide. (Photo by LyndaC Clancy)
Skiffs and dinghies were underwater and sinking in Rockport Harbor (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Downtown Camden, by the Public Landing, in the alleyway that was just reconstructed this past summer, with all the gravel now washed out. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
The spillway at Camden Harbor. (Photo by Lynda Clancy)
Where the Megunticook River enters Camden Harbor.
Megunticook River, roaring into Camden Harbor.
Route 105 between Camden and Hope. (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
Route 105 between Camden and Hope. (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
Hosmer Pond at the foot of Molyneaux Road, in Camden. (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
Howe Hill Road, in Hope. (photo courtesy Sandra Wright)
Hosmer Pond flooding (Photo courtesy Olivia Berez)
Rockport (Photo courtesy Kerry Keefe)
Behind the Knox Center in Rockland (Photo courtesy Cam McDonald)
Behind the Knox Center in Rockland (Photo courtesy Cam McDonald)
Route 52, between Beveridge Farm and Maiden Cliff parking lot. The road is washed out and closed. The DOT anticipates a week before repair. Seek alternative routes or follow the Molyneaux Road, Start Road and Beaucaire Avenue detour SLOWLY, said Camden Fire Chief Chris Farley.
Route 52, between Beveridge Farm and Maiden Cliff parking lot. The road is washed out and closed. The DOT anticipates a week before repair. Seek alternative routes or follow the Molyneaux Road, Start Road and Beaucaire Avenue detour SLOWLY, said Camden Fire Chief Chris Farley.
Robinson Road, Rockport (Photo courtesy Larry Miller)
Downtown Rockland (Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)
Downtown Rockland (Photo courtesy Deb Shepard)
Pleasant Mountain, Rockport, around 7 a.m., Oct. 31, 2021, with Public Works crews. (Photo courtesy Mary Mayo)
7:30 a.m. on Union Street, in Rockland, across from the library. (Photo by Kendra Robinson)
(Photo by Kendra Robinson)
Lindsey Brook flow. (Photo by Deb Shepard)
South School football field area. (Photo by Deb Shepard)
RT52 Camden, Oct 31, 2021, 11:30 a.m. (Photo by James C.)
RT52 Camden, Oct 31, 2021, 11:30 a.m. (Photo by James C.)
RT52 Camden, Oct 31, 2021, 11:30 a.m. (Photo by James C.)
Hosmer Pond (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
Hosmer Pond (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
Hosmer Pond (Photo courtesy Brian Robinson)
MIDCOAST — The highly damaging storm that swept into the Midcoast has washed out roads and flooded basements nonstop since early morning, Oct. 31.
Fire departments are out in full force responding to flooded roads in Appleton, Hope, Rockland, Rockport, Warren and other towns, as well as flooded basements and one car in a sudden sinkhole. Route 17 is closed near Grassy Pond and traffic is being rerouted.
Some roads, such Robinson Drive, in Rockport, are completely washed out, and will be impassable until repair.
A Camden rain gauge collected 5.5 inches of rain, the result of a convergence of two fronts along the coastal plain, according to the National Weather Service. The NWS predicted possible 2 to 4 inches of rain. That was exceeded locally, with rain pounding the area in the early morning hours of Oct. 31.
Multiple places around Hope became impassable as of 7:15 a.m. The National Weather Service, in Gray, extended the current FLOOD WARNING for Knox County until 12:30 p.m.
“People should stay home,” advised one fire chief.
In the midst of it all, a car-deer collision and ambulance calls have occurred, keeping Knox Regional Communications Center, the 911 dispatch in Rockland, busy handling a constant stream of first responder calls.
Several Rockland residents in the neighborhood of Maple and Cedar streets had their power cut after 5 a.m., Sunday, Oct. 31, as a precaution when flooded basements rose high enough to cover the homes’ electrical panels.
For more than three hours, early Sunday morning, fire department and Public Works crews in Rockland investigated a steady stream of calls to 911 related to the heavy rain storm that walloped most of Maine overnight. Along with fears of electrical panel reactions, some homeowners reported broken sump pumps, sewage backups, clogged storm drains, and broken pipes spouting water into the roadways.
Issues were also addressed on the Bog Road, Schooner Drive, Mechanic and Thomaston streets.
The rest of the region dealt with similar reports, from Vinalhaven to Hope, Camden and beyond.
Route 17 in Hope is closed near Grassy Pond due to flooding, as well as Robbins Road and others.
The same for a section of Oyster River Road in Warren.
As of 8 a.m., a portion of Route 17, in Rockport has been closed starting at the Route 90 intersection.
The Peabody Road in Appleton is closed, as well as a portion of the Sennebec Road.
In South Thomaston, a portion of Waterman’s Beach Road is closed.
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