A large cabin cruiser and power boat ran aground on the beach in Onset, Massachusetts after being blown ashore by tropical force winds from Tropical Storm Irene Sunday. (credit: David G. Curran/ SatelliteNewsService.com)
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A church steeple lays on the ground outside the Emmanuel Assembly of God Church in Onset, Massachusetts Sunday. (credit: David G. Curran/ SatelliteNewsService.com)
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Many utility poles, like this one in Chestnut Hill, were knocked over by Irene.
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Utility poles down in Chestnut Hill
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Damage to Olympia Towers in New Bedford (credit: Kim Tunnicliffe)
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Damage to Olympia Towers in New Bedford (credit: Kim Tunnicliffe)
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Natick (credit: Chris Gobeille)
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Hyde Park (credit: @LadySpitz)
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Boats washed ashore in Swampscott (credit: Ben Cormier)
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Boats washed ashore in Swampscott (credit: Ben Cormier)
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Boats washed ashore in Swampscott (credit: Ben Cormier)
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Boats washed ashore in Swampscott (credit: Ben Cormier)
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(credit: Beth Adams)
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Salem (credit: Karen Pagnotti)
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Wind ripped the siding from this home in Medford. (credit: Eric)
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Kilby St in Woburn (credit: Christine Lang)
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Street tubing
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(credit: Matt Rivers)
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South End (credit: Kristin Malinowski)
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Newton
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Mashpee (credit: Dan Roche)
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Trees fell across the region during Tropical Storm Irene, including this one in Dorchester.
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Dorchester
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Holbrook (credit: Karen Delrosso)
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Holbrook (credit: Karen Delrosso)
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Holbrook (credit: Karen Delrosso)
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Natick (credit: J.A. Albert)
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West Roxbury (credit: Kimberly Koenig)
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Rocky Nook in Kingston Bay (credit: Danielle and Kaitlyn Bonn)
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Arlington (credit: Kevin Daley)
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Middlesex Ave. in Medford (credit: Pauly Righini)
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Natick (credit: Sienna Cordova)
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West Roxbury (credit: Richard Bunbury)
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Arlington (credit: B.K. Boley)
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Braintree (credit: Debbie McConnell)
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Brooksdale Rd in Brighton
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Medway (credit: Glen Reed)
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Newton
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Anthony O'Brien helps clean up some basement flooding in Bedford.
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West Brookfield
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Hyannis Harbor (credit: Steve Lipman)
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Brockton (credit: Adam Reynolds)
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Concord (credit: Gina Dickey)
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Oxxford (credit: Tammy Rebello)
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Shrewsbury (credit: BL)
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Woburn (credit: Lori P)
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Dorchester (credit: Dynasty Leslie)
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Dunbar Rd in Lakeville (credit: Gino)
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Marion (credit: Kathy Adams)
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North Billerica (credit: Laura Boucher)
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Medfield (credit: Kevin Whelan)
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Boat washing ashore in Marion (credit: Ware Fuller)
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This boat sank at Crystal Cove Marina in Winthrop (credit: Bill Frazier)
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Bridgewater (credit: Grace Shea)
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Lowell (credit: Shaine Lambert)
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Milton (credit: Kevin Olivieri)
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Bates Rod in Framingham (credit: Caroline)
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Arlington (credit: Ann Shannon)
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Flooded Quinsigamond Ave in Worcester (credit: Edward Chamorro)
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Flooded Quinsigamond Ave in Worcester (credit: Edward Chamorro)
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Flooded Quinsigamond Ave in Worcester (credit: Edward Chamorro)
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Flooded Quinsigamond Ave in Worcester (credit: Edward Chamorro)
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Trees and branches came down all across the region, like this one that fell on wires in Wellesley (credit: Rich)
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Wellesley (credit: Rich)
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Bedford (credit: George Christin)
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Bedford (credit: George Christin)
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Mendon (credit: Lauren Dudley)
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Oxford (credit: Tammy Rebello)
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Strong winds were no match for these basketball hoops.
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Dresser Hill Road (Rte 31) in Charlton (credit: Dayna Dumas)
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A flooded yard in Spencer (credit: Jackie H)
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Middleboro (credit: Dave Cole)
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A flooded yard in Spencer (credit: Jackie H)
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This boat broke free from its mooring in Marion.
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This boat broke free from its mooring in Marion.
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Braintree (credit: Chris Ryan)
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Webster (credit: Kathy Sylvestri)
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Webster (credit: Kathy Sylvestri)
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Cotuit town dock (credit: Sarah Ginn)
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Douglas (credit: Amanda)
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Marion (credit: Anne Hurlbut)
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A tree fell on this home in Bedford, Mass. (credit: Rob Kershaw)
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The storm brought down a tree across these train tracks in Malden (credit: MBTA)
Boarding Up
Homeowners board up windows in Swansea, Mass. (Photo Credit: Kim Tunnicliffe)
Irene Boats
Boats are bashed against the shore and a dock in Morehead City, N.C. as Hurricane Irene hits the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
Surf
Heavy surf from approaching Hurricane Irene starts to pound the shore line in Ocean City, Maryland. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Satellite Image of Hurricane Irene (Courtesy NASA)
Irene Flooding
Donessa Arapi who lives in the Colonial Place neighborhood of Norfolk, Va., walks thru the water at the intersection of New Hampshire Avenue and Colonial Avenue looking at the flood waters from the Lafayette River early Saturday morning, Aug. 27, 2011. She was walking through a light rain before the heavy rains and wind began later in the morning. (AP Photo/TheVirginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
Roadblock
A vehicle avoids a downed utility pole on Woodlawn St. as Hurricane Irene hits Greenville, N.C. on Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. Thousands of residents of eastern N.C. are without power as Hurricane Irene moves through the area. (AP Photo/The News and Observer, Chris Seward)
Traffic Lights
Traffic lights swing in the wind in Kill Devil Hills as Hurricane Irene approaches the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina. (Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
Caught In The Rain
Antoine White walks in the effects of Hurricane Irene in Elizabeth City, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 as the storm moves up the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Jim R. Bounds)
Supermarket Shelves
The beverage shelf at a supermarket sit nearly empty before the arrival of Hurricane Irene on August 27, 2011 the Brooklyn borough of New York City. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered a mandatory evacuation of low lying areas in the city. (Photo by Michael Heiman/Getty Images)
New York City Subways
A sign hangs on plastic tape blocking the entrance to the Chambers St subway station in New York City. In anticipation of a large storm or hurricane hitting the city, the New York City mass transit network, the nation’s largest, closed at noon on Saturday, ending subway, bus, and commuter rail service until Monday. There are approximately 370,000 city residents in low lying areas are under a mandatory evacuation order ahead of Hurricane Irene. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Boarding Up
Workers board up store windows on August 26, 2011 in Montauk, New York.(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)
NYSE
A security guard stands near the sand bagged side entrance of the New York Stock Exchange (Photo credit: TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
Storm Damage
A fallen basketball hoop lies on the ground in front of a house in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.(Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
Palm trees
Palm trees blow in the wind in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.(Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
North Carolina's Outer Banks
A beach-front cottage is pounded by wind and rain from Hurricane Irene in Nags Head, North Carolina. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
North Carolina's Outer Banks
An American flag flying outside a hotel is shredded by wind and rain from Hurricane Irene in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Long Island
Chris Sanchez loads up plywood from Watermill Building Supply as he prepares to board up a home against the winds of Hurricane Irene on August 27, 2011 in Water Mill, New York. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Irene Hits
Water in a parking lot enters a storm drain as winds and high tides from approaching Hurricane Irene start hit the area in Ocean City, Maryland. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Securing Boats
Debbie Austin gets off her boat as winds and high tides from approaching Hurricane Irene start hit the area, on August 27, 2011 in Ocean City, Maryland. The state of Maryland has declared a state of emergency as heavy winds and surf from Hurricane Irene approaches the coast. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Boats Out Of Water
Workers remove a boat from the waters of Eastchester Bay in the Bronx Borough of New York City. (Photo credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
Getting Ready
Marc Murphy fills a gap in the berm with sandbags in front of his beach home as he prepares the home against Hurricane Irene in Water Mill, New York. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Caught In The Rain
People run through the rain towards the West 72nd Street subway station in New York City. The MTA shut down the entire subway system at 12PM on Saturday in preperation for Hurricane Irene. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)
Irene Surfers
People surf at a beach in the Rockaways in New York. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Closed For Irene
Manhattan store sits closed due to Hurricane Irene in New York City. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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A fishing pier is pounded by wind and waves from Hurricane Irene August 27, 2011 in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Getting Ready
Lyllis Wickersham paints a sign that reads, ' Don't be mean Irene', onto the plywood on the window of a business as it is secured against the winds of Hurricane Irene in Southhampton, New York. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Sand Bags
Employees and volunteers from the Washington, DC Department of Public Works hand out sandbags to Washington residents in a parking lot at RFK Stadium (Photo credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)
Power Lines Down
A car drives past a damaged power lines in Nag's Head as Hurricane Irene approaches the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina. (Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
Sandy Stairs
Stairs leading to the beach are covered by sand blown by Hurricane Irene in Nag's Head in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. (Photo credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)
Boat Rescue
One of two people rescued from a sailboat, right, uses a line to make their way onto the beach on Willoughby Spit in Norfolk, Va. after they and another person were rescued from the boat that foundered in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay. A rescuer, left, waits for s second person to exit the boat. (AP Photo/TheVirginian-Pilot, Bill Tiernan)
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Waters lap at the foundation of a house along Calico Creek in Morehead City, N.C.. Hurricane Irene, a category 1 storm, is making landfall on the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Travis Long)
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A man walks the wind and rain on the beach as the effects of Hurricane Irene are felt in Nags Head, N.C.. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
Barack Obama, Janet Napolitano, Craig Fugate
President Barack Obama listens to an update on the status of Hurricane Irene at Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011. He is joined by Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, left, and FEMA director Craig Fugate, right. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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A sign torn down by hurricane winds is shown in a parking lot in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011 as Hurricane Irene hits the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Deborah Lewis of comes out of her home to check minor flooding near her house Satruday, Aug. 27, 2011 in Morehead City N.C.. Hurricane Irene, a category 1 storm, is making landfall on the North Carolina coast. (AP Photo/The News & Observer, Travis Long)
Antoine White
Route 9
Flooding on Route 9 in Newton. (Photo courtesy Tim Carman)
Hurricane Irene Churns Off East Coast Of United States
IN SPACE- AUGUST 26: In this handout image provided by NASA, Hurricane Irene is seen from space from the International Space Station, as it churns off the east coast of the United States, August 26, 201, in the Atlantic Ocean. Irene, now a Category 1 storm, has started to lash the eastern coast of the U.S. with wind gust up to 125 miles per hour. (Photo by NASA via Getty Images)