Parts of Nantucket, a small island off Cape Cod, Massachusetts, saw intense flooding as Winter Storm Keenan wreaked havoc on the northeast on Friday night and through Saturday, bringing heavy snowfall and high-speed winds, which resulted in power outages.
Video obtained by the Nantucket Current, the newsletter for Nantucket Magazine, shows a road called Easy Street was heavily flooded.
View of Easy Street and the harbor from the deck of the Dreamland 😳#nantucket pic.twitter.com/3fo6sFJPSX
— Nantucket Current (@ACKCurrent) January 29, 2022
At points, winds gusted at over 60 miles-per-hour (mph) on the island, according to the Weather Channel. In Chatham on Cape Cod, winds topped out at 83 mph. Roughly 60 percent of customers in Nantucket lost power during points of the storm, Police Chief Bill Pittman told WCVB.
Meteorologist Rob Megnia with the National Weather Service…
