CAPE COD – An unusually strong late spring storm is causing scattered power outages across Cape Cod. Check this article for continuing coverage.
Bourne Police/CWN
2:00 PM update: Bourne Police report on Wings Neck Road in area of 240 closed due to tree down. DPW en route.
Officials in Falmouth report a tree down on wires on Old Meetinghouse Road. Eversource reports 234 customers out in Falmouth.
3:00 PM update: Numerous reports of a loud boom and shaking causing a flood of 911 calls from the North Shore to parts of the Cape. CWN is checking for official information.
3:15 PM update: falling tree limbs have knocked out power to 333 customers in Sandwich and 160 in Marstons Mills. Eversource crews are working to restore power.
3:45 PM update: Meteorologists are confirming from this satellite image it was a meteor burning up in the atmosphere that caused the loud boom and rattling. No damage was reported.
Wires arc in a tree on Route 130 in Mashpee.
Via Cape Cod Incidents/CWN
4:45 PM update: Most larger outages have been restored. Nearly 100 customers still out in Falmouth.
6:00 PM update: We’re getting a look at the rough seas even in Provincetown Harbor as Coast Guard Station Provincetown responded to a couple and their dog in distress during the storm today. The Provincetown Harbormaster and Towboat U.S. were also on scene to help tow the vessel to the pier (USCG Southeastern New England video).
Last of the rain is shifting out to sea. New outage affecting 125 customers in Dennis.
(Bourne Police video).
Highest reported wind gust of 58 MPH in Sandwich.
