DUXBURY, Mass. (WHDH) – Many coastal communities, including Duxbury and Scituate, spent Wednesday working to repair collapsed seawalls as rain and wind battered the South Shore.
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A 200-foot section of the seawall collapsed over the weekend near Cable Hill Road in Duxbury, allowing water to rush in around homes on the shoreline. Crews moved boulders in on Wednesday to temporarily reinforce the walls.
The South Shore dealt mostly with rain and wind on Wednesday. While flooding and the high tide remained big concerns, residents told 7News they were also worried about losing power again.
Up the coast in Scituate, the town is also dealing with degraded seawalls. Boulders were also brought in to shore up the broken spots.
Residents said their biggest concern is high tide; the next one is in the middle of the night, when the storm is expected to get stronger. Ocean water breached the wall and poured into one neighborhood in North Scituate
All power in Scituate has been restored in the town since last week’s storm, though a few residents are still waiting for their electricity to come back on.
A flood watch is in effect starting Wednesday and lasting into Thursday.
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