Several weather-related incidents befell East Boston today. First, the electricity went out from the middle of Chelsea Street, between Porter and Marion streets, right up through Orient Heights, all the way to Suffolk Downs. From around 1:30 to 3:30 this afternoon we were off line, including a number of stoplights at busy intersections. The outage was attributed to trouble in a manhole in Everett, according to Boston.com.At around 4 p.m. a deluge hit the region, with at least one clap of thunder sounding like it was quite close by. When I took to the roads half an hour later, McClellan Highway was backed up in both directions because of flooding in several spots. On the northbound side, just over the Revere line, there were three places where the water was more than a foot deep, causing all of the vehicles to slow down and a couple to break down. (Top photo by me.)
That same thunderstorm caused part of Orient Ave. to collapse and swallow a car. According to Boston.com, a ruptured storm drain was the culprit. Eventually the hole was about five feet deep. (Bottom photo from Boston.com.)
Thunderstorms and high humidity are expected to last until Tuesday.
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