Flash Flooding Hits North Shore

Heavy rain and flash flooding surprised residents on the North Shore Tuesday morning. In Swampscott, five and a half inches of rain in two hours left basements flooded, cars stranded, fields swamped, and people feeling shocked and frustrated with the damage. The Flannery’s woke up to find their basement filled with 5 feet of water, and everything inside it destroyed. They just moved into their home on Humphrey Street a few months ago, and were storing everything they hadn’t unpacked in their basement.