Pennacook Falls
No flooding worries yet for western Maine
AUGUSTA — Western Maine and Lewiston-Auburn weren’t included in Thursday’s Maine River Flow Advisory news release, because there isn’t any flood potential looming. That’s what Mark Hyland, operations director of the Maine Emergency Management Agency said Friday afternoon in Augusta. “It’s my understanding that the flood potential in Lewiston-Auburn is low at this point,” he […]
T. Fallon: Pennacook Falls a New England landmark
I appreciate Terry Karkos noting the Pennacook Falls in Rumford with “Spring runoff woes begin early,” in the Sun Journal of April 15. As Karkos wrote, “The Androscoggin River at Rumford on Tuesday was a roaring spectacle that could be heard throughout the downtown. And that was before 11:30 a.m., when heavy rain began to […]
Spring runoff woes begin in Oxford County
ROXBURY — A section of Route 120 between Roxbury and Andover was closed before noon Tuesday because of rising floodwater from high temperatures and snowmelt, state and local officials said. Flood warnings were issued early Tuesday afternoon for minor flooding of the Androscoggin River at Rumford and Auburn, and of the Swift River at Roxbury, […]