A police cruiser plows through flooded waters on Pearl Street only to be disabled by the water shortly thereafter. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
A man remains in his car after it became stuck in high water on Forest Avenue near Woodfords Corner on Wednesday.
Benjamin Birney, a Portland attorney, wades through Deering Oaks park after heavy rain flooded low-lying areas of Portland. Birney was returning to downtown after teaching a class at the University of Southern Maine.
Record rainfall flooded Portland on Wednesday, bringing traffic to a halt at some low-lying spots, such as on Franklin Street.
Two men wade past a swamped car on Somerset Street on their way to their own cars after heavy rain flooded low-lying areas of Portland on Wednesday.
A pickup truck plows through heavy floodwater on Somerset Street near Whole Foods Market in Portland on Wednesday.
John Pearsall and Kara Kitchen, who work for Elite Airways, wade through the flooded street at Portland Pier to get back to their office Wednesday.
Cars are disabled by rising floodwaters at the corner of Franklin and Somerset Streets. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
Women try to push their car out of high floodwaters after it became disabled on Pearl Street across from Whole Foods Market. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
Charlie Penny, who works for works for E. Perry Iron & Metal Co., surveys the flooding on Somerset Street. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
Charlie Penny, who works for works for E. Perry Iron & Metal Co., surveys the flooding on Somerset Street. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
Laura Hall of Portland walks down a flooded Pearl Street back to work at Whole Foods Market after moving her car out of a flooded parking lot. Gabe Souza/Staff Photographer
Jillana Springer of Scarborough looks out at her car that stalled when she tried to drive through heavy floodwaters on Park Avenue on Wednesday afternoon. The occupants of the house welcomed in Springer and gave her lunch while she waited for a tow truck to show up.
Park Avenue at the HP Hood dairy facility was covered with floodwaters Wednesday.
Annie Morse carries buckets of water out to Elm Street after the basement of her business flooded on Wednesday. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer
A pedestrian wades from the Whole Foods Market parking lot across Pearl Street in Portland's Bayside neighborhood during heavy rains on Wednesday, Sept. 30., 2015.
Floodwaters flow under a bridge on Park Avenue near the intersection of St. John Street in Portland on Wednesday afternoon.
A vehicle plows through a flooded section of Washington Avenue in Portland on Wednesday.
Stormwater drains into a manhole on State Street in Deering Oaks Park as flood waters recede Wednesday.
A tow truck creates a wake as it pushes through the water on Kennebec Street on its way to assist stranded motorists in the Bayside neighborhood after a soaking rain in Portland on Wednesday.
Hazard lights are turned on this swamped car – one of many on Somerset Street after heavy rain flooded low-lying areas of Portland on Wednesday.
Cars make their way down a flooded Brighton Avenue on Portland on Wednesday.
A delivery driver waits for floodwaters to clear outside HP Hood on Park Avenue in Portland Wednesday.
Shamus Foley, left, and Abe Turcotte smiling through the deluge on Moulton and Commercial streets in the Old Port. Abe Turcotte photo
The storm floods Market Street in Portland's Old Port. Abe Turcotte photo
Shamus Foley strikes a pose on Commercial Street in Portland's Old Port. Abe Turcotte photo
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