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By Lori Valigra, Bangor Daily News Staff
Warmer temperatures near the ground in Maine helped create unusually high winds on Monday, Dec. 18 up to 93 mph in one area of the state that caused some of the highest power outage numbers on record.
A wind and rain storm that left nearly 420,000 across Maine without power knocked out electricity across Piscataquis County and the surrounding areas Monday into Tuesday and beyond for some, forcing schools and businesses to close, and flooded many roads including some of the major travelways.
On its Facebook page, the Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency is keeping a regularly updated list of road closures and openings from nearly a dozen communities.