Streets were flooded in Lawrence, Massachusetts, on Friday as a storm dumped more rain on the already flooded region.
A flash flood warning was issued for all of Essex County Friday until 12:45 p.m., according to the National Weather Service. Residents shared images of entire streets covered in water during the storm, which dumped heavy rains across a large swath of New England and spawned at least one radar-confirmed tornado in Rhode Island.
Lawrence police urged residents not to drive through the flooded streets.
Grafton Street was one of the roads that was flooded on Friday; it was also caught up in floodwaters during a major storm that hit last Tuesday.
“We’re here literally changing the airbag suspension because I’m not covered by insurance,” Jhumnioor Fulcar recalled Thursday night. “I had to swim to my car and get it out.”
Several cities in the Merrimack Valley had declared states of emergency to request relief funds from the previous round of flooding.
In Haverhill, flooding caused a 20-foot-wide sump to open near a home.
