Snow Knocks Out Power To More Than 10,000, tree's down

Snow Knocks Out Power To More Than 10,000

http://wbztv.com/local/snow.noreaster.barry.2.629122.html

BOSTON (WBZ) ―

Slick and slushy roads aren't the only danger Monday as a classic Nor'easter slams New England.
The heavy wet snow is also bringing down tree branches and trees themselves.

There are reports of trees down in Hingham, Dedham, Mattapan and Allston.

Spokesman Peter Judge of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said the heavy, wet snow
was causing some tree limbs to snap, resulting in scattered power outages.

There are 10,000 scattered outages in Eastern Massachusetts from Boston to the Waltham and Framingham areas.

Judge said there were initial reports of about 7,500 customers without power in Western Massachusetts Monday morning.

The MBTA's Mattapan hi-speed Red Line is being diverted Monday morning between Mattapan and Ashmont due to a tree blocking the tracks.

WBZ viewer Michael Page sent us a photo of a tree that fell Monday morning on Wanders Drive in Hingham, just missing a van.

Two WBZ employees weren't so lucky, as a giant tree came down on a truck and a car in the station parking lot.

The threat of trees coming down and causing damage will only get worse Monday, with heavy snow expected to fall until Noon.

People living on the Cape and Islands aren't expected to get as much snow; instead they need to be concerned about heavy winds with wind gusts could go as high as 50 miles an hour.

Snow Knocks Out Power To More Than 35,000

http://wbztv.com/local/snow.noreaster.barry.2.629122.html

BOSTON (WBZ) ―

Slick and slushy roads aren't the only danger Monday as a classic Nor'easter slams New England.
The heavy wet snow is also bringing down tree branches and trees themselves.

There are reports of trees down in Hingham, Dedham, Mattapan and Allston.

Spokesman Peter Judge of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said the heavy, wet
snow was causing some tree limbs to snap, resulting in scattered power outages.

Judge says there are about 35,000 outages across Massachusetts.

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