Overview
- Officials warn residents to stay off the roads as whiteout conditions are expected into the evening and crews report difficulty reaching calls.
- Wellfleet and Eastham report about 100% and 98% of customers without power, and officers are transporting people to the Nauset Regional High School shelter.
- Cape Cod Hospital remains open on generator power, a critical lifeline as one of two hospitals serving Barnstable County.
- The regional transit system and the Steamship Authority have suspended service, two regional shelters are open in Barnstable and Eastham, and Dennis-Yarmouth High School is being considered for additional sheltering.
- Travel disruptions extend beyond the Cape, with Route 140 in Mansfield declared impassable and an MBTA bus stuck in Watertown without injuries, while Boston Police report two tagging arrests during the storm.