Microburst damaged homes, knocked down hundreds of trees in Belgrade, NWS says

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    BELGRADE, Maine (WMTW) — The National Weather Service said a microburst caused was responsible for severe storm damage in Belgrade on Wednesday.

A team from the National Weather Service went to Belgrade on Thursday to survey the damage.

They said the microburst knocked down 300 trees and damaged six buildings.

The storm had wind speeds of 60-90 mph and caused a two-mile path of damage along the eastern shore of Long Pond to just north of Belgrade Village.

One person was injured when a tree fell on a parked vehicle.

The storms that moved through Wednesday afternoon left thousands of people across Maine without power.

Pockets of storm damage were reported in other areas of the state, but the Belgrade area sustained the worst damage.

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