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Maine Hazards

Live weather alerts, flooding, wildfires, drought and earthquakes in Maine, with links to its disaster history.

Collected automatically and may be delayed. Not an official warning. In an emergency, call 911.

Weather alerts by hazard

Alert details

No active National Weather Service alerts in Maine.

Rivers at or near flood stage

National
  • Forecast: Near flood stageAtlantic Coast at Portland (IN MLLW)MEStage 0.12 ft at 10/27/2026, 6:06 AM EDT · forecast crest 11.8 ft around 10/27/2026, 12:00 PM EDT · NWS office GYX

Active wildfires

National
  • Fall Foliage Fires FireSagadahoc County1 acre
  • Fall Foliage Fires FireSagadahoc County0 acres
  • Fall Foliage Fires FireSagadahoc County0 acres
  • Fall Foliage Fires FireSagadahoc County0 acres
  • Fall Foliage Fires FireSagadahoc County0 acres
  • Fall Foliage Fires FireSagadahoc County0 acres
  • Fall Foliage Fires FireSagadahoc County0 acres

Drought

National

Drought statistics for Maine are temporarily unavailable.

Drought by county (16 of 16 counties in drought)

Earthquakes in the last 30 days

Magnitude 2.5 and up

National

No earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in Maine in the last 30 days.

History

NOAA records

Full history

Hurricanes and tropical storms

  • Elsa (2021), Category 1 at peak
  • Nate (2017), Category 1 at peak
  • Irene (2011), Category 3 at peak
  • Barry (2007)
  • Cindy (2005), Category 1 at peak
  • Frances (2004), Category 4 at peak

Notable storms in the last 10 years

  • Coastal Flood, Coastal York (01/13/2024)
  • Flood, Oxford (12/18/2023), 2 deaths
  • Coastal Flood, Coastal Cumberland (01/13/2024)
  • Coastal Flood, Sagadahoc (01/13/2024)
  • Coastal Flood, Coastal York (01/10/2024)
  • Coastal Flood, Coastal York (12/23/2022)