CAPE COD – Another powerful storm is affecting the region Monday. Check here for continuing coverage:
7:45 AM update: Peak wind gust of 67 MPH in Wellfleet. 650 Eversource customers without power in Barnstable, another 600 are out in Brewster.
Tom Sullivan via NWS/CWN
8:15 AM update: A utility pole is reported down with wires across Route 28 in South Yarmouth at the Crazy Rooster Pub near Mill Lane. Power was reported out to 1,500 customers from this incident. Firefighters called to a house fire at 5 Kingsbury Lane in Orleans (see coverage here).
8:45 AM update: Power outages increasing: Barnstable 8,200, Yarmouth 1,500, Dennis 1,500, Harwich 1,500, Brewster 1,000.
9:30 AM update: Eversource working on outages-Dennis 850, Harwich 700, Barnstable 650, Yarmouth 575, Sandwich 375, Brewster 325. Nantucket Police tweeted that there have been multiple reports of flooding due to the heavy rains along multiple roadways including Easy St., Broad St. and Nobadeer Farm Rd. Please drive with caution.
Provincetown east end via Jerry Cotter/CWN
11:00 AM update: Yarmouth Police report that Union Street between Skipper Lane and Route 6A is closed. A large tree fell during the storm and is blocking the roadway. DPW Crews are working to open the road. The closure is expected to last 2-3 hours. Seek alternate routes and avoid the area. Traffic delays are expected. Power outages: Dennis 875, Yarmouth 575, Barnstable and Harwich 550 each, Sandwich 360, Brewster 325.
Low lying marsh flooding in West Yarmouth at high tide #mawx https://t.co/yWsxXZxBYa
— NWS Boston/Norton Skywarn (@WX1BOX) January 17, 2022
1 p.m. update: 550 customers still out in Yarmouth. 230 are out in Falmouth, 115 in Wellfleet and Orleans. All other larger outages have been restored. Minor coastal flooding reported at high tide:
KC1ELB-Mel Trott – Falmouth, MA – Surf Drive – Coastal flooding and beach erosion/debris in the roadway with partial road undermining #mawx @Nocera5 @JimCantore pic.twitter.com/Ky0BG6Ltbw
— NWS Boston/Norton Skywarn (@WX1BOX) January 17, 2022
3:00 PM update: All larger outages have been restored with only a handful of isolated ones remaining.
