The South Berwick Fire Department said it was called to a fire that sent a black column of smoke into the air on Knight’s Pond Road around noon on Saturday.
The NOAA's Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service shows the ocean cresting at 13.7 feet, nearly three feet above major flood stage. The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (Seavey Island) crested at 13.17 feet, which is two feet above flood stage.
Police shut down Ocean Boulevard late Wednesday morning during high tide just before 10 a.m. as 1-3 feet of water covered the road thanks to 11-foot waves.
Precipitation begins as snow Tuesday afternoon mostly in interior areas but those closest to the coast get just rain, according to meteorologist Jon Palmer at the National Weather Service in Gray, Maine.
The snow is still expected to have a total snow of 12-18 inches in southern New Hampshire and southern Maine before tapering off late in the afternoon.
A Winter Storm Watch is in effect for the entire area as the National Weather Service is expecting snow to fall heavy at times between late Saturday night and most of Sunday.