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Snow storm boston11/30/2023 ![]() Shelters and warming stations in Eastham, Falmouth, and Hyannis were opened Saturday for anyone who lost power or got stuck in the storm. On Nantucket, where seawater flooded the island town’s streets brought on storm surges of more than 3 feet on Saturday morning, the power was on Sunday afternoon for all but about 800 customers on the island, or about 6 percent, according to MEMA. Eversource said it was expecting to have the power back on for virtually all customers in Provincetown by the end of Sunday. ![]() Most had their power restored by late Sunday afternoon, but about 14 percent of customers (847 customers) still didn’t have power as of 3:40 p.m., according to MEMA. Power companies were also working to get the lights turned on in Provincetown, where nearly all utility customers lost their power for several hours on Saturday. Eversource said it expects to have restored power for virtually all customers in Barnstable by 11:59 p.m. The town of Barnstable had 8,696 customers (28 percent) without power as of about 4 p.m. Power is expected to be returned to virtually all customers in Chatham by 6 p.m. The town saw wind gusts of more than 70 miles per hour on Saturday morning, according to the National Weather Service. The most widespread outages were reported in Chatham, where 7,474 customers were without power as of 3:40 p.m., about 87 percent of customers in the town, according to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency. “There are currently 1,000+ Eversource crews working to help restore power in the region, with public safety crews working closely with towns to clean up hazardous road conditions,” the committee said in a statement.Įversource said it had crews from Connecticut and New Hampshire assisting in the restoration effort on Sunday. County officials estimated that the power would be back on for 99 percent of Cape residents by 11:59 p.m. Thousands of residents on Cape Cod were still waiting for their power to come back on late Sunday afternoon as cleanup from Saturday’s powerful nor’easter got underway.Īn estimated 38,000 homes across the Cape still hadn’t had their power restored as of Sunday afternoon, according to the Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee. Thousands of Cape Cod homes without power - 4:46 p.m. “You just have to be patient and do the best you can.” “We’ll get through it, we always do,” she said. “It was very, very cold, but also very picturesque and beautiful.”įrancis has lived in Chatham for four years and previously spent 30 years in Vermont, so she’s no stranger to intense winter weather. ![]() and the sun was out and the sky was blue,” she said. Monday.įrancis said she stepped outside on Sunday and it was rather nice with the sun shining despite the bitter cold. “Anyone who was anticipating staying here night called us 24 to 48 hours prior and made the decision not to make the journey.”Įversource said it was expecting to have power back on for virtually all Chatham residents by 6 p.m. “We were closed but I do have a few locals staying here tonight who don’t have heat in their homes,” she said. No guests stayed at the Inn on Saturday, all having canceled their visits, Francis said, but a few area residents, including a woman in her 90s, were spending the night there on Sunday after losing power and heat in their homes. Sunday, including at the Chatham Inn, where general manager Lyn Francis said the Inn’s generator was keeping the lights and heat on in the lobby and a few of rooms. The snow tapers west to east Saturday afternoon.Customers still without power in Chatham - 6:53 p.m.Ībout 86 percent of customers in Chatham were still without power as of 6 p.m. The roads will be fine due to the pavement temps staying warm with the higher March sun angle. The snow will accumulate inland, but only on grassy and untreated surfaces near the shore. Then a burst of snow returns as cold air wraps in from the north at noon time. We mix over to sleet and rain Saturday through noon in southeastern Massachusetts and at the coast. The snow consistency is like wet cement, with all of the warm air loaded in with the snow. We pick up the majority of our snow accumulation at this time, and we pick up all of the snowfall at the coast and Cape. the heaviest snow will fall in southern New England. The snow begins in southwestern New England around 8 p.m., then spreads towards Boston between 9 & 11 p.m. Heavy snow will fall for a time overnight into Saturday morning, then a lot of mixing at the coast and southeast and a strong March sun angle will work against higher snow totals by mid-Saturday morning. And by spring, we mean meteorologically speaking. We are getting ready for our next spring snowstorm for Friday night into Saturday.
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