A tree crashed into a Beverly, Massachusetts, home — one of the many storm impacts around the region after Friday’s system.
Nearly all everyone in Massachusetts who had lost power had service restored by Saturday night, after a storm brought downpours and strong winds to the region, knocking down trees and power lines.
But more more than 125,000 people across New England was in the dark about an hour before Christmas.
Utility crews were working to restore power across the region amid the bitter cold that settled in following the storm. Frigid temperatures complicated the recovery effort, along with lingering high winds ahead of the holiday.
In New Hampshire, about 23,000 customers were still the dark at about 11 p.m. Saturday night. In Connecticut, roughly 5,000 customers didn't have power at about the same time.
In Vermont, around 14,000 customers were without power about 11 p.m., while over 83,000 Central Maine Power customers didn't have service -- the most region-wide, but still down from the hundreds of thousands.
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The high tide and high winds brought ocean water pouring into the port city, where the airport went dark amid widespread power outages.
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Massachusetts state officials work to clear water off a Storrow Drive on-ramp in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
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A car and a falling tree collided in Wakefield, Massachusetts, early Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
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An unoccupied pickup truck in Salisbury, Massachusetts, was crushed by a shipping container amid high winds and downpours overnight, police said Friday, Dec. 23, 2022. They warned about dangerous driving conditions.
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A house in North Andover, Massachusetts, where a tree fell amid high winds on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
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In Norton, Massachusetts, winds knocked down the gazebo in the town square as well as trees onto roads amid a powerful storm on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
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A woman takes a picture of a wave crashing ashore on Winthrop, Massachusetts, amid a storm on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
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Waves crash ashore in Winthrop, Massachusetts, amid heavy flooding up and down the New England coast caused by an intense storm on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
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Waves crash ashore at Narragansett, Rhode Island, amid a storm that was causing coastal flooding in New England on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
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Flooding in Barnstable, Massachusetts, as a storm sent water surging across New England’s coast on Friday, Dec. 23, 2022.
Several roads in Salisbury were washed out during Friday's storm.
This sea foam in Wells, Maine, was one of the wildest images to come out of Friday's storm.
Rain water washed out a portion of Nutes Road in Milton, New Hampshire.
Swasey Parkway in Exeter, New Hampshire, was completely underwater on Friday.
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Water floods a street during high tide, Friday, Dec. 23, 2022, in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston. Winter weather is blanketing the U.S. More than 200 million people — about 60% of the U.S. population — were under some form of winter weather advisory or warning on Friday.
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Flooding Friday in Woods Hole, a neighborhood in Falmouth, MA.
Flooded roads in Provincetown.
Flooding in Kennebunkport, Maine.
Market Basket in North Andover, Mass., lost power Friday as shoppers ran out to grab last-minute Christmas groceries.
The overnight rain was too much for the North River in Salem, Mass., it spilled over onto Commercial Street, stranding at least four cars.
Vittorio George left an appointment at the courthouse in Salem and found his Cadillac SUV partially under water.
The wind was relentless in Portland, Maine, causing coastal flooding.
In the Merrimack Valley Friday evening, thousands of people were without power after the storm knocked out trees and utility poles, and took out power lines. National Grid says this was their hardest hit area.
Owen Thomas told NBC10 Boston’s John Moroney that he’s always wanted to kayak on Morrissey Boulevard. Thanks to Friday’s flooding, he was finally able to achieve his dream.
