downed trees

Scaffolding collapsed from a seven-story building in Roxbury and trees came crashing onto homes in Brookline and Westboro as strong winds persisted overnight.

Before it roared its way out of Maine, a powerful storm Monday night into Tuesday left more than 100,000 people without power, downed trees and even started an electrical fire outside of a nonprofit organization. Roughly 15,000 of the power outages during the storm’s visit were in Greater Portland with wind gusts of 53 mph recorded at the Portland International…

A powerful storm that roared through Maine Monday into Tuesday left a path of damage and tens of thousands of people without power.

Clean up is underway in many Massachusetts communities where an overnight storm brought down trees and powerlines, which knocked out power to tens of thousands.

Tens of thousands of customers in Massachusetts were without power Wednesday morning after storms brought down trees and power lines.

More than 283,700 households are without power in New England Saturday as powerful wind gusts from a March nor’easter knocked down trees and utility lines Friday.

Weymouth, Massachusetts was one of the hardest hit communities during the nor’easter Friday. Weymouth Fire Chief Keith Stark said in a phone interview with necn and NBC10 Boston that they are making sure no one is injured by downed power lines and they are evacuating people where necessary.

People across New England are digging out from the heavy, wet snow, with downed trees causing problems for drivers.

Heavy wind and rain caused several downed trees and power lines in Massachusetts communities late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.

In Newton, a large tree toppled onto the Levin’s home on Brentwood Avenue causing extensive damage.