Powerful storm surges, coinciding with the monthly astronomical high tide, are flooding low-lying streets in Portland and other coastal communities.
A storm caused flooding and road closures in New Hampshire's White Mountains and North Country, with ongoing concerns about rising river levels and dam operations.
Eight counties on the coast have gone from moderate to severe drought status since last week, according to the latest update from the U.S. Drought Monitor. Meanwhile, almost one-third of the state remains in moderate drought, and wells across the state are beginning to run dry.
Temperatures are expected to remain above 80 degrees for the rest of the week.
The temperature in Boston rose to 63 degrees on Friday, breaking the previous record for the day of 62, which was set in 1957.
Temperatures in southern Maine topped 90 degrees Tuesday and are expected to do the same Wednesday, prompting school officials to dismiss students early and cancel sports practices, and sending people flocking to beaches.
The powerful winter weather storm was slamming into Massachusetts by mid-morning Thursday, bringing blizzard-like conditions in some areas, torrential rain in others, power outages and hurricane-strength winds on Cape Cod and the Islands.
The number of outages is down from a peak of 484,000 statewide after winds and rain ravaged the region Monday morning.
We put out the call for images of storm damage across the state Monday morning and our readers answered with some great shots.
Parts of 10 states and some major population centers — including Philadelphia, New York and Boston — were pummeled by the storm.
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