storm damage

Gov. Phil Scott toured parts of southern Vermont that were hit hard by flash flooding late last week. During the Monday visit, the governor and other state and local leaders couldn’t help but compare the mess to Irene, the deadly tropical storm that devastated Vermont in late August of 2011 — nearly 10 years ago. While this latest weather emergency…

Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont toured the damage to infrastructure brought on by severe weather earlier this month.

The southeastern Vermont town of Putney is expecting repairs to take weeks or even longer following damaging storms Thursday night. Meanwhile, residents are being asked to report flood damage. Two inches of rain fell in many southern Vermont communities. Some, including Putney, tallied 4.5 or 5.5 inches in just a few hours, according to regional weather data. In a post…

In Vermont, some communities are cleaning up after a storm caused major damage.

Crews were cleaning up Wednesday in Cambridge, Massachusetts and other parts of the region after a powerful storm wreaked havoc overnight. A large tree fell on Newton street, taking down wires, which in turn landed on cars and cause smoke. Residents in the area said a transformer exploded. The fast-moving storms also knocked down trees on Antrim and Akron streets….

Severe thunderstorms swept through New England Tuesday night, prompting warnings and causing damage across the region.

In Vermont communities hit hard by powerful thunderstorms Tuesday evening, Wednesday was a day of cleanup. “There was some big, big lightning,” said Hugh Johnson of Waitsfield, whose road saw a major washout in Tuesday night’s storm. The town of Waitsfield and a contractor were working Wednesday to reconnect Butternut Hill Road. Johnson told NECN he got home to...

Crews worked to clean up after storms passed through Vermont Tuesday evening.

Some New Hampshire residents say it seemed like the rain would never stop Sunday.

Wednesday’s wild weather uprooted trees across southern New Hampshire. Some residents in Atkinson are now dealing with property damage and still waiting for their lights to come back on. “I was shocked, totally shocked,” said Liz Gurdon, who lives on Haverhill Road in Atkinson. Gurdon says she can only describe the storm one way. “It was like a bomb...

Wednesday’s wild weather uprooted trees across southern New Hampshire.

Tens of thousands of people woke up without power in Massachusetts Tuesday as howling winds tore down power lines, trees and caused other damage. By nightfall, more than 4,000 people remained without power as winds continued pounding new England all day. The strong winds picked up late Monday night, gusting near 60 mph in some places and creating a sub-zero…

Utility crews in Maine spent the morning attending to power outages caused by a Christmas storm that didn’t cause as much disruption as had been feared. Forecasts called for heavy wind and rained, which arrived on Friday. However, the storm failed to match the havoc caused by previous storms this year that knocked power out for tens of thousands...

There are flooding concerns for several parts of the region Thursday and Friday as rain mixes with melting sniw.

Widespread damage from Monday night’s storm can be seen across Massachusetts, from the flooded streets of Newton to a tree that came crashing down on a home in Blackstone. Gale-force winds lashed much of the northeastern U.S. overnight, prompting flash-flood warnings and knocking out power to tens of thousands in the height of the storm. Thousands were still without...

Gale-force winds lashed much of the northeastern U.S. overnight, prompting flash-flood warnings and knocking out power to tens of thousands in the height of the storm. Thousands of people were still without power in Massachusetts Tuesday morning.

Several trees were down Monday night in many neighborhoods in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, after gale-force winds and rain lashed much of the northeastern U.S.

Monday night’s storm has brought trees down in several communities across Massachusetts, including in East Boston, Westborough, Ashland and Hopkinton.

Communities are cleaning uprooted trees, downed power lines and destruction left in the path of damaging wind and thunderstorms that moved across Massachusetts Wednesday. Statewide, more than 240,000 customers were without power at one point in the evening. As Thursday ended, nearly 29,000 customers remained in the dark. “You look around and it looks like a tornado came through,” said…