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Healey appeals FEMA's denial of major disaster declaration after historic September rainfall
The Healey administration has formally appealed the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s denial of the governor’s request for a major disaster declaration to support recovery efforts from storms that ripped through Massachusetts in September, leaving several communities scrambling to rebuild roads, buildings, homes and other infrastructure devastated by flash flooding. The storms from Sept. 11 through 13 dropped historic amounts of…
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How Mass. aims to protect its coasts from effects of climate change
With more frequent and intense storms battering Massachusetts’ shores, the state’s Department of Environmental Protection released new draft regulations on Friday to “protect both communities and infrastructure from the impacts of climate change.” The proposed regulations are intended to help protect areas vulnerable to sea level rise and storm surge. Among other changes, the rules would restrict development in...
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‘We got hit pretty hard': Cleanup efforts ongoing in Mass. after Monday's storm
Crews are continuing to clean up in Massachusetts in the aftermath of Monday’s storms. If one of the biggest trees in all of Norwell falls, it turns out everyone hears it. “Quite something, the biggest tree that I know around,” said Robert Visse as he toured the damage on Church Street Wednesday. The tree stretched across the front yard...
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Trees complicating storm cleanup on South Shore
Some parts of Massachusetts are still recovering from Monday’s storm, with thousands of households still remaining without power.
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Thousands on South Shore remain without power Tuesday night
Some families in Massachusetts, especially on the South Shore, were going to bed again Tuesday night without power. Many have resorted on generators getting them through, but there were also warnings, with Pembroke police saying a generator likely caused a garage fire on Station Street. Meanwhile, utility crews are still working around the clock to address the remaining downed power...
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Cleanup continues in Mass. as some remain in the dark
Downed trees were still an issue across Massachusetts on Tuesday night after Monday’s unprecedented wind and rain storm. The focus is getting power restored as temperatures plummet tonight.
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Crews work to clean, restore power in Mass. after storm
Crews are working to cleanup and restore power in Massachusetts after a storm left plenty of damage behind.
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Thousands of Mass. residents are still without power Tuesday
Power crews work hard to try to restore electricity in Scituate, Massachusetts, but they couldn’t really get started until the storm stopped, which was less than 12 hours ago.
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Cleanup, power restoration in Mass. could take days after ‘ferocious' storm
Cleanup and power restoration from Monday’s storm could take some time in Massachusetts after strong winds sent trees toppling onto power lines and anything in their path. At least three people were killed in New England: one in Massachusetts and two in Maine. Two more people in Maine were missing after their car was swept away in floodwaters, Maine...
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Storm topples trees, knocks out power for many in New England
Heavy rain and strong wind impacted much of the region Monday.
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Storm causes debris to rain on Boston street from MassArt building
The powerful storm slamming Boston on Monday knocked debris from a Massachusetts College of Art and Design building, causing it to rain down on the street below. No one was injured, the school said, but students, one with a newborn baby, narrowly missed being hit by the falling debris, they told NBC10 Boston. The damage, caused by extreme weather, was…
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Healey administration requests major disaster declaration after historic September rainfall
The Healey administration is requesting the president issue a major disaster declaration to support recovery efforts from storms that ripped through Massachusetts in September, leaving several communities scrambling to rebuild roads, buildings, homes and other infrastructure devastated by flash flooding. The storms from Sept. 11 through 13 dropped historic amounts of rain in parts of the state, prompting a state…
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‘Confused and lost': Leominster residents still struggling 1 month after flooding
It’s been a month since flooding caused tens of millions of dollars in damage in Leominster, Massachusetts. While many parts of the city have seen progress, other parts are still reeling from the impacts. Two dams have been shored up and fixed, streets repaved and homes repaired but, for residents like Moses Dejene, the headache continues. “I’ve been confused...
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1 month after flooding, Leominster is still struggling
Heavy rainfall caused severe flooding and extensive damage in Leominster last month.
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Businesses and residents feel strain as Leominster cleanup continues
With Leominster still drying out after Monday’s flooding, students returned to school Thursday.
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Leominster students return to school after floods
The city faces millions of dollars in damages after this week’s severe weather.
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Leominster students returning to school after floods
A long recovery process for Leominster is still ahead.
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Leominster students return to school as massive clean-up job continues
Storm-ravaged Leominster, Massachusetts, is trying to get at least a little bit back to normal as schools reopened for students Thursday amid a major recovery effort from this week’s severe weather. Schools in the city opened with a two-hour delay to give the 22 buses in the district a chance to navigate detours that circumvent the community’s damaged roads....
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Flood cleanup in Leominster far from over after another round of rain
Children in Leominster will return to school Thursday for the first time since Monday’s flooding.