In Leominster and surrounding areas, sinkholes and other severe effects of nearly a foot of rain affected residents Monday night into Tuesday.
Schools in the city were closed Tuesday, and about 100 people were taking shelter at Skyview Middle School and Frances Drake Elementary, Mazzarella said at a news conference Tuesday.on X, formerly known as Twitter, that some residents in low-lying areas needed to evacuate because of “a potential issue at the Barrett Park Pond Dam.”Leominster, a city of about 44,000 people, was pummeled by about
of rain Monday night, according to the National Weather Service. Homes and buildings were devastated, streets were sucked down through sinkholes and hospitals were deprived of power.The topography of the city, surrounded by hills, made the disaster even worse, Mazzarella said.“Everything’s flooding. Simplest thing I can tell you,” Mazzarella said in a
posted to Facebook on Monday. “It’s every part of the city. It’s basements, roofs, cars, it’s everywhere. What I can tell you is there’s no reason to go out, unless it’s an emergency, stay home.”He said all police and fire forces were called in to help and rivers were in danger of reaching above crest levels.
A flash flood emergency for the area extended from 10 p.m. Monday to 8 a.m. Tuesday for Leominster, Fitchburg and Lunenburg, theThe warning urged locals to “move immediately to higher ground” and avoid walking or driving through floodwaters.Tuesday morning that the flooding was “catastrophic” and that she was on her way to North Attleboro and Leominster to assess the damage.Heavy rains and thunderstorms also caused flash flooding and affected several communities in Rhode Island.
Winds and flooding from Hurricane Lee were expected to affect Rhode Island, eastern Massachusetts, southeastern New Hampshire and parts of Maine this weekend, forecasters said.
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