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

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By Katie Brace and Frank O'Laughlin

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

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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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Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line (Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line)

Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line (Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line)

Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line (Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line)

Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line (Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line)

Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line (Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line)

Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line (Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line)

Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line (Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line)

Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line (Vale Street -- Everett/Chelsea line)

Flooding from Lewis Bay West Yarmouth CREDIT MIKE MCMAHON (Flooding from Lewis Bay West Yarmouth CREDIT MIKE MCMAHON)

Norwood flooded Route 1A at Upland Road (Norwood flooded Route 1A at Upland Road)

Norwood flooded Route 1A at Upland Road (Norwood flooded Route 1A at Upland Road)

Martha's Vineyard flooding

Saugus flooding (Saugus flooding)

Saugus flooding (Saugus flooding)

Flooding in Revere (Flooding in Revere)

Flooding in Revere (Flooding in Revere)

Flooding in Revere (Flooding in Revere)

Flooding in area of Chelsea/Everett line (Flooding in area of Chelsea/Everett line)

Flooding in area of Chelsea/Everett line (Flooding in area of Chelsea/Everett line)

Flooding in area of Chelsea/Everett line (Flooding in area of Chelsea/Everett line)

North Attleboro flooding (Mike Mason)

Flooding in Wells, Maine Flooding in Wells, Maine (Wells Police)

Flooding in Wells, Maine Flooding in Wells, Maine (Wells Police)

Southboro Flooding Southboro Flooding (Southboro Police)

Southboro Flooding Southboro Flooding (Southboro Police)

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

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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.

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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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