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January 14, 2011

State digs out after blizzard blows through

Augusta reported 14 inches

Kennebec Journal Staff

AUGUSTA -- Snowblowers were out in full force Thursday as Mainers dug their way out from more than a foot of windblown snow.

The National Weather Service in Gray said Augusta got 14 inches in Wednesday's storm, while Richmond came in at 17.5 inches and Randolph at 15 inches. Farmington received 6.5 inches and China, 12 inches.

Nearly the entire state got snow, but the totals were less impressive in northern Maine.

Snow was piling up so quickly at one point on Wednesday that it was falling at 2 to 3 inches per hour.

The weather service declared a blizzard in Augusta and Waterville. Two Automated Surface Observing System stations in the two cities met the weather service's criteria for a blizzard -- which is defined as sustained winds of 35 mph or greater and visibilities of a quarter-mile or less from falling or blowing snow, for three hours or more.

There were a number of vehicles off the road but no reports of any serious injuries, police said.

A Maine State Police dispatcher said there were a "ton of accidents" statewide, "but nothing major to speak of."

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