"MARSHFIELD, Mass. -- Ocean Street in the waterfront Massachusetts town of Marshfield was littered with lobster traps, downed wires and chunks of houses on Wednesday, after a massive blizzard hammered New England.
Notably absent was much of the 2 feet (30 cm) of snow that blanketed much of the Boston area, since for much of the storm, Ocean Street was under water because of flooding from a breached sea wall. About a dozen homes were badly damaged.
'This area sees flooding regularly, but we haven't seen damage like this since the blizzard of '78,' town planner Greg Guimond said as he surveyed the wreckage. 'The problem was the sustained wave action; the houses can't handle it.'"
Scott Malone reports for Reuters January 29, 2015.
Source: Reuters, 01/30/2015
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