Photos, video: Drenching rainstorm turns Massachusetts streets into rivers, submerges cars

EVERETT, Mass. — A drenching rainstorm turned roads across Massachusetts into rivers overnight, submerging vehicles in the process.

Along Vale Street on the Chelsea-Everett line, a Boston 25 photographer spotted floodwaters rising close to the hoods of some stranded vehicles.

The flooding, likely due to clogged drains in the area of a construction site, isn’t far from Chelsea High School.

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In Falmouth, one driver was stranded in the sand on Menauhant Road as large waves battered the immobile car.

Driver stranded on flooded roadway in Falmouth

The powerful winter storm also forced a large tree to topple over in Marshfield. The felled tree landed on a house, carving a large open wound through the roof.

Tree falls on, severely damages Marshfield house

Flooded roadways also snarled traffic in many other communities including:

• Route 1A in Norwood
• Walnut Street in Saugus
• Quincy Avenue at East Howard Street
• Ridge Hill Road in Freetown
• Great Road in Maynard
• Logan Terminal A in Boston
• 123, Main Street, Cornet Stetson Road in Scituate

There were also reports of flooded basements and businesses, and water damage at the Equinox on Franklin Street in Boston.

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