Robust winds wreaked havoc throughout Massachusetts on Friday, knocking over timber and utility poles, inflicting a slew of energy outages and disrupting visitors.
As gusts reached properly above 40 miles per hour at occasions in Boston, a scaffolding collapsed in Again Bay round 11 a.m., damaging a minimum of three autos, based on metropolis police.
The 4 tales of scaffolding continued to crumble within the late morning and early afternoon on the intersection of Beacon and Exeter streets, police stated and as video from the scene confirmed.
Boston Fireplace Division reported no accidents from the collapse.
Excessive wind warnings and wind advisories remained in impact till 7 p.m. Mount Tom in west-central Massachusetts recorded gusts of 69 miles per hour, based on the Nationwide Climate Service, whereas Boston Logan Airport noticed winds whip as much as 62 miles per hour.
Logan Airport posted on social media that it anticipated “some delays” as a result of winds, advising passengers to “check with their airline on the status of their flight before coming to the airport.”
Bushes, utility poles and wires had additionally reportedly blown to the bottom in a minimum of Medfield, Revere, Beverly and Oxford.
A tree crashed down on prime of a automobile at a McDonalds in Oxford, the city’s police division posted on social media, together with a photograph of the harm.
“When all you want is a McDonalds number 2 supersized and this happens? Thankfully the operator is not injured, what could have been a tragedy, ended up with just vehicle damage,” the submit acknowledged. “Someone waiting for their food had a close call. He says he is going to go buy a scratch ticket because it’s his lucky day.”
