Deadly 85-mph Winds in Mass.
Widespread trees and wires were reported down in Massachusetts on Wednesday as a winter storm moved through the area. In Yarmouthport, a tree fell on a woman, killing her. And at the Nantucket Airport, a 50 foot section of a hanger roof was torn off, 3 doors were blown off their mounts, and an office trailer was blown on its side.
The following wind gusts over 65 mph were reported by the National Weather Service on Wednesday.
MOUNT WASHINGTON, NH: 112 mph*
MILTON, MA: 85 mph
LARCHMONT, NY: 70 mph
THOMPSON, CT: 69 mph
BRONX, NY: 68 mph
PLYMOUTH, MA: 68 mph
OXFORD, CT: 68 mph
ALFRED, ME: 66 mph
BLUE HILL, ME: 66 mph
PROVINCETOWN, MA: 66 mph
PHOTO CAPTION: Windy Wednesday - January 18, 2006 - Pedestrians hold on against strong winds at Copley Square in Boston, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2006. Wind gusting up to 68 mph per hour wreaked havoc for commuters across the Northeast on Wednesday, blowing debris across railroad tracks, overturning eighteen-wheelers and making for a choppy ferry ride. (AP Photo/ Chitose Suzuki)
*Mount Washington, home of the World's Worst Weather, is generally excluded from public weather statistics since there is no population there (other than aspiring meteorologists like our own Brian Clark (PREMIUM | PRO) and a handful of other scientific staff.
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