SANFORD (WGME) -- Travel conditions, especially in southern Maine and New Hampshire, are only expected to get worse into Tuesday evening.
The turnpike is down to 45 miles per hour.
This is a heavy wet snow, which is sticking to tree limbs and weighing them down, causing some limbs to fall right onto power lines.
With each passing hour, the snow seems to be coming down harder in Sanford.
The wind has also increased throughout the day, although visibility hasn’t been much of an issue.
Several CMP line crews are in York County working to restore power to thousands of customers.
Most are in rural areas, where families tend to buy generators to keep the lights and heat on.
This is not the best weather for linemen to be working.
"In the bucket, it can be slippery,” CMP Lineman Ron Francoeur said. “So you just got to make sure that you brace at all times."
Francoeur says nearly every outage is the result of a tree limb snapping off and falling onto a power line.
"Tree was weighted down by the snow,” Francoeur said. “And the wind eventually broke its last straw there."
As the snow piles up, people using snowblowers and plow trucks are out in full force in York County.
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Driving conditions are manageable right now, but there have been several slide-offs into ditches, and towing companies are busy.
"A lot more people on the roads than we thought there would be," Kyle Chandler of Chandler’s Automotive and Towing said.
The owner of Chandler’s Automotive and Towing says his tow truck drivers are keeping busy.
"Today’s a good day to stay home and make some fresh maple syrup and enjoy the weather," Chandler said.