A tree has fallen on a house on East St at the eastern edge of Hingham, Massachusetts, at the end of the region's first Nor'easter storm of the season on Wed., Oct. 27, 2021.

CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times

I spent a day last month driving around the south shore of greater Boston looking for storm damage from the region's first major Nor'easter storm of the season for the New York Times. While Boston itself wasn't hit too bad, hundreds of thousands of people south of the city were without power and there were trees downed everywhere. I ended up mostly in Hingham and Cohasset, Massachusetts, which is what these pictures show.

A large downed tree in a house near the intersection of Main St. and Fairview St. took down powerlines and blocked traffic in Hingham, Massachusetts, at the end of the region's first Nor'easter storm of the season on Wed., Oct. 27, 2021.

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A powerline is down over Sohier St. in Cohasset, Massachusetts, at the end of the region's first Nor'easter storm of the season on Wed., Oct. 27, 2021.

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A crew from Asplundh Tree Expert LLC clears a downed tree from Norman Todd Road in Cohasset, Massachusetts, at the end of the region's first Nor'easter storm of the season on Wed., Oct. 27, 2021.

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Town officials survey damage from a fallen tree hitting power lines across Jerusalem Road in Cohasset, Massachusetts, at the end of the region's first Nor'easter storm of the season on Wed., Oct. 27, 2021.

CREDIT: M. Scott Brauer for the New York Times
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