Mar 3, 2021 BOSTON (AP) Wind gusts topping 70 mph knocked down power lines across New England and New York, leaving more than 130,000 homes and businesses without power during dangerously cold conditions at the storm’s peak Tuesday. The wind howled throughout the day across the region, rattling windows, whipping trees and delaying power restoration efforts. In New Hampshire, the wind blew down a tent at a COVID-19 vaccination site and caused a scary moment when power lines fell on school bus. In Maine, multiple pileups were blamed on whiteout conditions caused by the wind. The gusts were accompanied by single digit temperatures in parts of New England, creating dire conditions for those without heat.
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Scaffolding collapses at 7-story building during high winds in Boston Share Updated: 12:14 PM EST Mar 2, 2021 Share Updated: 12:14 PM EST Mar 2, 2021
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Show Transcript A BIG MESS. IT IS LEANING UP AGAINST A TREE WHICH IS HOLDING WHATEVER IS LEFT UP. SARA: THAT JENNIFER: THAT TREE IS PROPPING UP SEVERAL STORIES OF SCAFFOLDING. PEOPLE WHO LIVE AND WORK IN THE AREA SAW THE HEAP OF WOOD AND METAL THIS MORNING. IT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. JENNIFER: LAST NIGHT, PEOPLE INSIDE THE APARTMENT BUILDING PEERED OUTSIDE AT THE SCENE BELOW. NO ONE WAS HURT. THE BUILDING IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. NO WORKERS WERE ON SITE WHEN WINDS STRIPPED DOWN TO SCAFFOLDING. BECAUSE IT WAS NIGHT AND IT WAS COLD, PEOPLE WERE NOT ANYWHERE NEAR IT. WHEN IT FELL, THERE WAS NOBODY INVOLVED IN IT. IT IS FORTUNATE NOBODY WAS HURT. JENNIFER: POLICE TAPED OFF THE SCENE. WE ARE MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE SAFE AND THE BUILDING IS SAFE AND THERE IS NOT FURTHER DISLODGE OF THE SC
to get alerts for local breaking news and weather. Heavy winds toppled a tree into a home, knocked the side off a Boston building and made fires hard to fight in Massachusetts Tuesday.
In Massachusetts, there were more than 45,000 customers without power as of 4 a.m., 30,000 in New Hampshire, 21,000 in Maine and 18,000 in Connecticut. Massachusetts outages were down to just over 4,077 by 7:30 p.m.
A large tree snapped and crashed into a house and garage in Westboro, causing extensive damage. There were various branches down throughout the area and trash cans rolling around the streets as the howling wind continued.
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