This morning, homeowner Carl Hannon, front, and neighbor Pat Welch throw limbs onto a pile under a poplar tree in Benton that was struck by lightning and broke in half during a violent storm Wednesday evening.
The tree snapped power, cable and telephone lines and caused serious damage when it hit a pickup truck in background. Hannon said there were no injuries and he was waiting to have power restored.
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Staff photo by Dave Leaming
Thousands of Mainers lost power during Wednesday night’s storm. More than 16,000 lost power, including about 5,000 in Kennebec County, according to Central Maine Power.
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