Storms Knock Down Trees, Wires In Massachusetts, New Hampshire
BOSTON (CBS) -- Severe storms knocked down trees and wires in both Massachusetts and New Hampshire on Saturday.
Trees were down all around the Boston area, but one town affected more so than other communities was Winchester.
Aileen Casaletto was at an engagement party on Everett Avenue in Winchester when the storm hit.
"Everybody will be talking about it," she told WBZ-TV's Katie Brace. "We were there. We saw the party."
"Everybody ran like heck to get inside," Casaletto added. "Then we saw this one (tree) going, this is the biggest one, and everyone was petrified."
Robyn Tsouros Matteson took photos of the hail filling her yard.
"Just being pummeled, hail out of nowhere and the wind picked up and dropped a lot of trees," she says.
Chloe Little had just come home from camp when she said the rain really came down and for five minutes the winds were strong.
"My mom thought she saw a tree on top of our garage and the garage was tipped," she said.
Hugh Drummond captured shots of trees down in Winchester.
Belmont Police alerted their Twitter followers about a tree and wires down along Becker Road.
A large tree came crashing down, landing in between two homes in Malden. Malden resident Austin Swank was upstairs when it happened.
"There was a big gust of wind and a heard a very loud snap," he said. "I originally thought the house was hit by lightning. My first reaction was just get up (and) get downstairs."
No significant damage was done to the homes, and no one was hurt.
Boston Fire officials told WBZ-TV's Jim Smith an awning let go at the Lenox Hotel and a man was hit in the head. He was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.
In the South End, a large maple tree was uprooted by a gust and fell down, coming to rest on some vehicle. No one was reportedly injured.
Ben Henry took this shot of a tree down on West Springfield Street in Boston.
Meanwhile, a large tree crossed part of Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge.
Lisa Sganga captured images of hail coming down in Burlington.
In Hampton, New Hampshire, a tree and wires came down on North Shore Road.
