PORTLAND (WGME) – Dozens of Central Maine Power workers are still across the border after Hurricane Fiona devastated the Canadian Maritimes.
According to CMP, at its peak, more than 500,000 homes and businesses lost power in Nova Scotia.
Thirty-two linemen and 10 support staff traveled to the eastern tip of Nova Scotia to lend a hand restoring power.
The group says they've been working 16-hour days for much of the week.
"They had a real strong low-pressure system, the highest ever measured here with Fiona,” CMP Regional Operations Manager Jason Endsley said. “Lots of trees and wires down, cutting down and clearing roads, Canadian Army, nothing we haven't seen before, chipping at it little by little.”
He says people in the area are staying positive, and customers are thanking crews for their help.
He says one group even got a standing ovation while leaving a restaurant.
The group from Maine began their work Monday, and they are not sure when they will head back to Maine, adding they plan to stay until they're told their job is done.