Ocean Floods Massachusetts Town After Seawall Breaches During Nor'easter

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4 Jan 2018 2:49 PM
The waves breached a seawall in Scituate, Massachusetts, on Thursday, January 4, as a powerful Nor’easter battered the East Coast. The National Guard was dispatched to the area as the water poured over the seawall, flooding area streets with icy sea water, a news report said. Those living along the shore had already been asked to evacuate. https://www.facebook.com/WeatherNation/videos/10156128175949874/ Thursday morning, Scituate was under both a Coastal Flood Warning and a Blizzard Warning.   https://twitter.com/WeatherNation/status/949034365844992000 Not far from Scituate, Brant Rock also saw storm surge during the winter storm. https://www.facebook.com/WeatherNation/videos/10156127866999874/ Firefighters and the National Guard responded to two rescues in Brant Rock, according to a news report. People living along Massachusetts south shore were encouraged to evacuate ahead of the storm, which affected most of the east coast.   For more videos from this storm, check out WeatherNation on Roku.
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