Thousands Without Power As Massachusetts Storm Cleanup Continues

MASSACHUSETTS — Nearly 6,000 Massachusetts residents were still without power early Monday morning following Sunday's storm that damaged homes, downed trees and caused flash floods.

At the peak, more than 31,000 Massachusetts customers were without power and wind gusts topped out at 47 mph at Logan Airport. As of 8:15 a.m., about 5,300 customers were still waiting for service to be restored.

Middlesex and Essex counties were the hardest hit by Sunday's storm, with reports of fires caused by lightning strikes in Belmont, Salem and Somerville.

In Stoneham, Route 28 was closed Monday morning near the intersection of Richardson Lane as workers tried to repair a damaged utility pole. In Melrose, 7,000 homes were without power early Sunday evening, a number that had fallen to 799 by 7:30 a.m. on Monday. In Malden, crews were on Columbia Road after a massive tree fell into a home. Wakefield police reportedly fielded 35 emergency calls during the storm.

Excluding Cape Cod, most areas of Massachusetts east of Springfield saw rainfall totals between o.5 and 1.5 inches:

The storm brought in a patch of humid weather, with forecasters calling for high of 90 degrees in eastern Massachusetts on Monday. The National Weather Service is warning that a similar round of storms could hit the state this afternoon:

Dave Copeland writes for Patch and can be reached at dave.copeland@patch.com or by calling 617-433-7851. Follow him on Twitter (@CopeWrites) and Facebook (/copewrites).