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FLOODWATERS

Seawater Sweeps Streets in Wellfleet and Truro

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Saturday’s storm brought seawater into Wellfleet and Truro, and readers were out, cameras in hand, to document the scene at high tide. We thank Trevor Pontbriand, Edouard Fontenot, and the Wellfleet Fire Dept. for these images. —The editors

Mac’s on the Pier surrounded by seawater. (Photo by Trevor Pontbriand)
Floodwaters nearly cover Uncle Tim’s bridge during Saturday’s storm. (Photo by Trevor Pontbriand)
The sculptor Penelope Jencks, who lives on Bound Brook Island Road, is brought across the floodwaters at Old County Road by Wellfleet Firefighters Kenneth Blake, left, and Brendan Cutting. (Photo courtesy Lt. Allison Gray, Wellfleet Fire Dept.)
The parking lot at Duck Harbor on the bay side of Wellfleet. (Photo by Trevor Pontbriand)
Old County Road in Truro is a lake after the storm subsides. (Photo by Edouard Fontenot)
Seawater rises outside Mid-Cape’s lumberyard on Commercial Street. (Photo by Trevor Pontbriand)
J&E Produce has beautiful autumn vegetables.

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