Heart-pumping videos showing the immense coastal flooding that has hit areas like Situate, Massachusetts, are quickly going viral.
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Posted by Jill Pelo on Thursday, January 4, 2018
One video, captured by local Jill Pelo, was shared on the eweather Facebook page along with a description that noted the “awful coastal flooding” that has been raging at the hands of Winter Storm Grayson.
Watch the footage below:
Situate, MA. Just awful coastal flooding happening now! Video: Jill Pelo.
Posted by eweather on Thursday, January 4, 2018
Another clip shows waters raging in Brant Rock nearby Marshfield:
Insane video of storm surge in Brant Rock near Marshfield, MA! Wow! Devastating coastal flooding going on right now! Video: Jeff Simpson @jsimp1610_ Many trapped with water rescues as I write this.
Posted by eweather on Thursday, January 4, 2018
The Weather Channel reported on Thursday that Grayson has ushered in “major coastal flooding,” as tides have risen, causing both flooding and snowy weather — a potentially lethal and problematic mix.
The view from Front Street in Scituate, MA. That’s all salt water, folks. #Scituate #bombcyclone pic.twitter.com/JVQDzSR9pe
— Cristela Guerra (@CristelaGuerra) January 4, 2018
Weather.com has more about the situation on the ground:
Storm surge poured into the streets in towns like Scituate, Massachusetts, flooding the roads with partially frozen salt water. In the town of Rockport, The Weather Channel storm tracker Jim Cantore watched as water levels rose quickly Thursday afternoon and threatened to wash away several parked cars that were left behind.
North of Plymouth, fire crews in the town of Duxbury were responding to water rescues in flooded areas, and a house fire was reported, the town’s fire department said in a tweet Thursday afternoon.
It’s a dire scenario and one that is sure to leave plenty of ice behind once the waters retreat.
Downright dangerous & destructive in Scituate MA NOW! pic.twitter.com/q0GcpvjFAi
— Simon Brewer (@SimonStormRider) January 4, 2018
Pray for those impacted. We’ll leave you with some more photos and videos from the East Coast:
Icy floodwaters in #Scituate courtesy of Sarah Falvey … just one example of the severe flooding along the coast in a number of communities. #WinterStormGrayson #blizzard2018 #wcvb pic.twitter.com/AM0uIypUvM
— Erika Tarantal (@ErikaWCVB) January 4, 2018
Driving earlier on #KingsHwy in #Brooklyn . Notice how the fog keeps the traffic lights out of view until close to you. #NYC #WinterStormGrayson #NYwx pic.twitter.com/PWcgqQNUIg
— Travels & Chases (@TRAVELSnCHASES) January 4, 2018
Welcome to The North Country, as Bob Dylan called it. #NewEngland #WinterStormGrayson #WinterStorm #blizzard2018 pic.twitter.com/SPCNDfZ1E4
— Shine ❄️nn⚡️ (@Shin3_Onn_Life) January 4, 2018
Downtown Hartford is a car-free, transit-only winter wonderland today. Lots of shops are open thanks to downtown housing & owners/staff living local. Working remotely from cafes & doing daily shopping without issue. #WinterStormGrayson #bombcyclone #livelocal #HartfordHasIt pic.twitter.com/xJR2c2cbOU
— Nick Addamo (@NickAddamo) January 4, 2018
#WinterStormGrayson is packing a punch ? ?☃️? – Case Snow has this under control! hopefully our FB friends are nice & warm and enjoying some hot chocolate ☕️ #staywarm #casesnow pic.twitter.com/Dn4ZLJo7tb
— Case Snow Management (@CaseSnow) January 4, 2018
#WinterStormGrayson brings 'slurpee waves' to the Northeast https://t.co/gTszLjiFEa #BombCyclone pic.twitter.com/GSyXAURpNb
— Intl. Business Times (@IBTimes) January 4, 2018