Packing high winds and high seas, last winter’s wallop completely remodeled the underwater topography of the surf zone – leading to dozens of beach rescues this summer.
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Maine home insurance rates are rising. Blame climate change.
More frequent and intense weather extremes and rising sea levels will drive up Maine home insurance premiums by 19% this year, the second-highest increase in the U.S., a recent report says.
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Climate resilience commission starts work in lucrative port: Stonington
The newly formed panel aims travel around Maine to identify storm-ravaged communities whose needs do not fit neatly into federal disaster relief categories.
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Maine’s wharf owners scramble to repair what they can before lobstering season starts
Contractors are hard to come by amid the mounting demand to repair damage from January storms that battered the coast. Now, many are patching their own wharves, hoping they can hold out until the real work can be done.
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1,000 Mainers still without power, days after ice storm
In all, 203,809 CMP customers were left in the dark by storm outages.
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Biden administration declares disaster in Maine from January storms, unlocking federal aid
Maine’s 8 coastal counties will be eligible for funding to rebuild from an estimated $70 million in damage caused by storms on Jan. 10 and Jan. 13.
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Casco Bay island park honoring North Pole explorer closed for season due to storm damage
Back-to-back storms in January washed away the only pier at Eagle Island, where Adm. Robert Peary built a summer home.
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Hundreds of waterfront businesses to seek storm-related disaster relief
Fishing infrastructure, such as docks and roads, was damaged or wiped out up and down the coast by the 2 powerful storms that slammed Maine last week, and damages are likely to reach millions of dollars.
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Coastal Maine dries out – and begins cleaning up – from Saturday’s historic storm
Municipal officials in the hardest-hit areas say cleanup will take days, and repairing the damage is likely to take even longer.
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In North Haven, residents battle to save the boatyard at the center of almost everything
After the second powerful storm in days and historically high tides, the shop at the center of boatyard activities was still standing Saturday afternoon.