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Flooding Expected Along Rivers Statewide

Parts of Maine could see some minor flooding Monday into Tuesday, and possibly Wednesday for a few locations.

National Weather Service meteorologist Patrick Maloit in Caribou says there’s water over some roads in eastern Aroostook County, with a few rivers above their banks. Flood warnings are in place for the Mattawamkeag above Mattawamkeag, the Big Black River near Big Black and the St. John River near Fort Kent.

Late last week there were concerns parts of Aroostook County could see significant flooding, but Maloit says other than some ice jam flooding, it has generally been minor.

“Basically we got a little less than we were expecting, and snow melt wasn’t quite as rapid as there’d been some indication it could be,” he says.

To the south, there are warnings for minor flooding in effect for the Androscoggin River in Auburn and the Kennebec in Augusta, North Sidney and Skowhegan.

The weather service says some rain expected later this week could slow the drop in river levels.

Ed is a Maine native who spent his early childhood in Livermore Falls before moving to Farmington. He graduated from Mount Blue High School in 1970 before going to the University of Maine at Orono where he received his BA in speech in 1974 with a broadcast concentration. It was during that time that he first became involved with public broadcasting. He served as an intern for what was then called MPBN TV and also did volunteer work for MPBN Radio.