Maine asks for help repairing summer storm damage

AUGUSTA, Maine—Maine Gov. John Baldacci has asked for federal help to repair road damage from heavy rain and storms earlier this month.

Baldacci says Androscoggin, Cumberland and York Counties sustained nearly $2.9 million in damage, primarily to roads, during the nasty weather from Aug. 8 to Aug. 16. The towns of Freeport and Lebanon received almost $600,000 worth of damage in a single day.

If granted, state and local governments could be reimbursed for 75 percent of the cost of repairing roads and other public property.

Baldacci's letter cited heavy rain, hail, winds and flash flooding over a monthlong period. It was sent Monday to President Bush.