Storm recovery underway in Weymouth , 3,378 still in dark
"My fence is not looking so good right now," said Egan, an ironworker with Local 7 Union Ironworkers as he walked his dog near Wessagusset Beach, Saturday. "I lost my boiler and hot water heater. Another six inches, the water would have been in my home."
The powerful ocean surf flooded
"Emergency management and police stayed at Weymouth Port with the
Firefighters deployed a fire truck with a rescue boat to evacuate residents from flood waters before high tide arrived, according to
Several residents were rescued from flooded homes near
Connell said a team effort by a
"The police got into the bucket of the front-end loader and they escorted the residents into the loader to be safely brought out," he said.
Classic Tractor Services president
"It is a good feeling when you can help someone that is in trouble," he said. "That was a tough scene."
Egan said the flooding in his neighborhood was the worst he has seen during the 20 year period he has lived there.
"A friend of mine who lives on Prospect Hill lost her roof," he said. "She got hit pretty bad. There are people out there today putting a tarp on it."
Egan said he has flood insurance and will be able to manage until his boiler and hot water heater are replaced.
"I have a wood burning stove and a ton of wood," he said.
Amrock said floodwaters entered the basements of some homes on
"Some yards had four-feet of water," he said.
Of that amount, there were 3,378 customers in
Langill said the power outages in
"We are still working on restoring power," he said.
Langill said repair crews had to wait for the winds to diminish before they could replace fallen wires.
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A regional shelter operated by the
Langill said four people stayed at the shelter overnight Friday. .
"There is the possibility of a group of people from
Langill said the shelter would likely remain open until Sunday afternoon.
Gov.
Langill said Hedlund will follow Baker's lead by declaring a state of the town emergency to speed up the process for getting assistance with the storm cleanup and reimbursement for the cleanup.
"We will have several days of cleanup," Langill said. "We will work with our trash and recycling company to have an extra pickup day for storm debris. We will announce that day."
The cleanup from the storm by the DPW was underway near Lane Beach early Saturday afternoon as front end loaders piled debris washed up on the shoreline into a dumpster in a municipal parking lot.
Amrock said the debris included yard fencing and various items from people's properties that was carried out to sea from receding tides.
"It came from everywhere including Germantown," he said. "We had a huge piece of timber wash ashore. We don't know where that came from. We even had a Christmas tree come ashore. That could have come from somebody's backyard."
News media partner WCVB contributed to this report.
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