LITTLETON, MASS. (WHDH) - Video shared with 7NEWS shows the moment a tree fell on a set of power lines in Littleton while wind and rain moved through the area Wednesday.
The video was taken near the corner Matawanakee Trail and Mohawk Trail and captured utility infrastructure sparking as the tree took down wires.
Littleton was one of many communities from Maine to Pennsylvania included under a severe thunderstorm watch beginning Wednesday afternoon.
As storms swept across the region in the early evening, the National Weather Service issued a series of more specific severe thunderstorm warnings.
Damage reports poured in, stretching from western Massachusetts to the Merrimack Valley and the North Shore.
Within Littleton, local police in a post on X confirmed they were on scene in the area of Matawanakee Trail and Mohawk Trail near 7:30 p.m.
Police said the area was closed to traffic due to downed trees and wires and asked people to stay away.
Severe storms on Wednesday came one day after another round of thunderstorms ripped through the region Tuesday.
The National Weather Service surveyed damage in Milford, New Hampshire, which was hit particularly hard, and confirmed a microburst with 95 mile-per-hour winds caused some of the damage.
NWS personnel also documented the aftermath of an EF1 tornado with peak winds of 110 miles-per-hour in Lyme, New Hampshire.
After this week’s wild weather, clearer skies are ahead, with no rain forecast for the Boston area until Tuesday of next week.
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