Falmouth Power Outages Hit 16,000+

FALMOUTH, MA — A "bomb cyclone" nor'easter Friday walloped Falmouth, knocking out power to more than half of town, felling trees and flooding roads. As of 11:30 p.m, there were 16,613 without power in Falmouth. That figures represents about 65 percent of town.

Statewide, more than 450,000 were without power.

At about 1 p.m., strong winds knocked a tree down on a driver in Falmouth on Route 28 near Worcester Court and CVS, police said. The driver was not hurt.

The storm also knocked down a tree on Ter Heun Drive near Falmouth Hospital and flooded parts of Sandwich Road, the Teaticket Highway, Palmer Avenue and Sippewissett Road, police said.

More outages and flooding are expected later Friday into Saturday, as 60+ mph winds are anticipated. The storm was expected to drop up to 6 inches of rain on parts of Southeastern Massachusetts, threatening coastal homes. Voluntary evacuations were ordered in Scituate, Duxbury and Plum Island. Governor Charlie Baker mobilized the National Guard and many coastal towns canceled school Friday.

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• MA Storm Update: 50+ MPH Winds, Thousands Without Power
• MA Towns Order Voluntary Evacuations Ahead Of Nor'easter
• Governor Baker Activates National Guard Ahead Of Storm
• Massachusetts School Closings For Nor'easter

March 2-3 Hourly Forecast for Falmouth

Heavy rain and dangerously windy throughout the day.

10am - Rain and Windy, 47°

Chance of rain: 97%. Wind 28 mph from the NE.

11am - Heavy Rain and Dangerously Windy, 49°

Chance of rain: 93%. Wind 33 mph from the NE.

12pm - Heavy Rain and Dangerously Windy, 49°

Chance of rain: 91%. Wind 37 mph from the NE.

1pm - Heavy Rain and Dangerously Windy, 48°

Chance of rain: 89%. Wind 39 mph from the NE.

2pm - Heavy Rain and Dangerously Windy, 47°

Chance of rain: 88%. Wind 41 mph from the NE.

3pm - Rain and Dangerously Windy, 45°

Chance of rain: 87%. Wind 42 mph from the NE.

4pm - Rain and Dangerously Windy, 44°

Chance of rain: 86%. Wind 43 mph from the NNE.

5pm - Rain and Dangerously Windy, 42°

Chance of rain: 83%. Wind 43 mph from the NNE.

6pm - Rain and Dangerously Windy, 40°

Chance of rain: 79%. Wind 41 mph from the NNE.

7pm - Rain and Dangerously Windy, 38°

Chance of rain: 77%. Wind 40 mph from the NNE.

8pm - Rain and Dangerously Windy, 37°

Chance of rain: 75%. Wind 39 mph from the NNE.

9pm - Rain and Dangerously Windy, 36°

Chance of rain: 72%. Wind 38 mph from the NNE.

10pm - Rain and Dangerously Windy, 36°

Chance of rain: 70%. Wind 36 mph from the NNE.

11pm - Rain and Dangerously Windy, 35°

Chance of rain: 65%. Wind 39 mph from the NNE.

12am - Rain and Dangerously Windy, 34°

Chance of rain: 59%. Wind 38 mph from the NNE.

1am - Snow and Dangerously Windy, 33°

Chance of snow: 55%. Wind 38 mph from the NNE.

2am - Light Rain and Dangerously Windy, 34°

Chance of rain: 52%. Wind 37 mph from the N.

3am - Light Rain and Dangerously Windy, 35°

Chance of rain: 50%. Wind 37 mph from the N.

4am - Dangerously Windy and Overcast, 36°

Chance of rain: 49%. Wind 36 mph from the N.

5am - Dangerously Windy and Overcast, 37°

Chance of rain: 48%. Wind 35 mph from the N.

6am - Dangerously Windy and Overcast, 38°

Chance of rain: 49%. Wind 34 mph from the N.

7am - Dangerously Windy and Overcast, 39°

Chance of rain: 50%. Wind 33 mph from the N.

8am - Dangerously Windy and Overcast, 40°

Chance of rain: 45%. Wind 32 mph from the N.

Data provided by darksky.net.

Lead photo: A tree down on a car in Falmouth on Route 28 near Worcester Court March 2, 2018. (Credit: Falmouth Police Department)