After a massive Nor'easter hit Boston, Massachusetts on Thursday, water flooded the city's downtown.
The icy floodwater submerged roads, forced some people to evacuate their residences, and prompted first responders to rescue those trapped in their cars.
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Around 20 residents evacuated their homes, and some needed to be rescued with the help of high-water vehicles provided by the National Guard, according to The Boston Globe.
Though it's too early to tell exactly how much floodwater swept the city, the water appeared to have risen at least two feet in some areas on Thursday. The storm also partially broke a sea wall and affected the power grid in Plymouth, a coastal town south of Boston.
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On Thursday, Boston resident and Twitter user @kelkelly posted a video of the scene in the city's Fort Point neighborhood. A dumpster can be seen floating down a flooded road:
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Kasey Holbrook, another Boston resident, took this video of the city's Scituate Harbor:
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parts of Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Maine the Canadian Maritimes, sitting over Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Boston Police Department tweeted on Thursday that the streets were "completely impassable."
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