Trees just keep going down, and as the night goes on, area firefighters and public works crews continue to respond to incidents that involve trees falling on wires, or in roadways. It has been that way since late this afternoon; in some cases, power was cut and then restored, in other cases, the power remains out.

On the Mountain Road in Warren, a tree took down a wire, which cut electricity to area residences. In Camden, a tree falling onto a wire on Melvin Heights Road cut power to a number of roads in Camden, Rockport and Hope, but power was restored by 6:40 p.m.

A tree came down in Camden, blocking Mechanic Street for a little bit until crews cleared it away. A little later, another tree came down on High Street (Route 1). The highway has since been cleared.

Camden's Fire Department also responded to two small unattended fires at the Camden Snow Bowl, which were extinguished. No further details were immediately available.

In Lincolnville, a tree fell on a wire on Moody Mountain Road, and similar situation took place on Clary Hill Road in Union. Another fell on Shepard Hill Road, and another across Route 17. And another, in Washington, and Thomaston.

A tree also fell on a wire on Talbot Ave., in Rockland, taking out the power, and Rockport Fire Department responded to Pascal Ave. for the report of a blown transformer.

In all of the cases, the fire departments and others have quickly been clearing the roadways.

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At 9 p.m. Central Maine Power Company (CMP), a subsidiary of Iberdrola USA, reported more than 71,000 homes and businesses lost power as high winds from Hurricane Sandy. Southern and coastal areas have borne the brunt of the storm today with extensive power outages in Cumberland, Lincoln, Sagadahoc, and York counties. Reports of outages began in the early afternoon, but rose rapidly shortly after 3 p.m. CMP expects the outage count will continue to climb as high winds spread over the state.

"As long as the outages keep mounting, public safety will be our priority tonight," said Tom DePeter, director of electrical distribution for CMP, in the release. "Our crews will focus on de-energizing downed lines and damaged equipment to keep people safe and so roads can be cleared. Our priority for restoration will be to maintain service to key facilities such as hospitals, shelters, and public safety buildings."

CMP expects the work of securing all downed equipment will continue through the night. The company will begin work on Tuesday morning with a workforce of nearly 1,000 line workers, tree crews, supervisors, assessors, and safety specialists in the field to assess system damage and begin repairs on core system components including transmission lines and 3-phase feeder lines to critical public facilities such as hospitals and shelters.

Outages by county as of 9 p.m.:

Cumberland: 25,341
York: 24,801
Sagadahoc: 7,643
Lincoln: 5,308
Androscoggin: 3,015
Oxford: 2,911
Kennebec: 1,348
Hancock: 457
Waldo: 149
Franklin: 108
Knox: 89
Penobscot: 14

According to CMP, power is out in the following area towns, along the following roads, as of 9:30 p.m.

Appleton
MAIN STREET

Belmont
CAMMETT ROAD

Camden
BAYVIEW STREET

Lincolnville
FITZSIMMONS LINE
MOODY MOUNTAIN ROAD
WILEYS CORNER ROAD

Rockland
BARTLETT WOODS DRIVE
CENTER STREET
JRL DRIVE
TALBOT AVENUE
TRAVERSE STREET

Rockport
BEAUCHAMP AVENUE
CALDERWOOD LANE
SPEAR STREET
UNION STREET

Searsmont
ALDUS SHORE LINE
APPLETON RIDGE ROAD
BELMONT CORNER ROAD
HEMENWAY ROAD
KNIGHTS ROAD
LIBERTY ROAD
LOW LINE
MAIN STREET
MOODY MOUNTAIN ROAD
MORGAN LANE
MOSS ROAD
MUZZY RIDGE ROAD
PAUL ROAD
POND ROAD
SMITH MILL ROAD
WARREN ROAD

St. George
MOSQUITO HEAD LINE
OVERLOCK LINE

Thomaston
THATCHER STREET

Union
BEOTE ROAD
BUZZELL HILL ROAD
CLARY HILL ROAD
COGGANS HILL ROAD
ROUND POND ROAD
STONE ROAD

Waldo
WALDO STATION ROAD

Waldoboro
ROSS ROAD

Warren
BILLINGS ROAD
MIDDLE ROAD

Washington
BRANN ROAD
HARVILL LINE(PVT)
LITTLE MEDOMAK BROOK RD
OLD AUGUSTA ROAD
VANNER ROAD