Major flooding reported along Massachusetts coast

BOSTON — Major flooding was reported from the North Shore to Boston to the South Shore and Cape Cod during a major nor’easter that pummeled the region Thursday.

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According to the NWS Boston, the city broke the highest-ever recorded tide since 1921. The old record was from the Blizzard of '78.

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A number of busy streets in Boston, including Atlantic Avenue and portions of State Street, remain an icy, slushy mess after a 3-foot tidal surge that gushed into the city during the storm.

That water then flooded area businesses and prompted several rescues involving drivers who became trapped by rapidly rising floodwaters.

And there were a lot of unhappy people in Gloucester after major flooding there.

One family told Boston 25 News they lost not one, but three vehicles in the floodwaters.

Alicia Elwell said when she went to check on the vehicles parked at Gloucester High School and found them under water.

She said people leave their vehicles in the parking lot because of the city-issued parking ban during the nor’easter.

But when high tide hit in the afternoon, the water rose fast and to levels higher than before.

Water has receded in Winthrop, but flooding is still a major problem. Route 145, Winthrop Parkway, was impassable Thursday.

It was completely closed off by the storm surge, and on Friday morning cars were still having to deal with standing water along Short Beach.

Now the concern there is the ice. A buoy from the ocean was spotted floating down a local street, and a fire crew responding to an emergency got stuck and needed to be rescued.

It was more of the same in Quincy, too.

The city had an intense few hours during the storm Thursday and several people needed to be rescued after the Neponset River began to flood streets.
No injuries were reported.

The city is doing better Friday, and officials said the city has been able to get crews on the road to clear the snow and ice.

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