Storm Warnings Lifted as Ophelia Spares State
From Times Wire Reports
Tropical Storm Ophelia rushed past southeastern Massachusetts with little effect, piling waves 19 feet high offshore but sparing Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Cape Cod from damaging wind and rain.
Meteorologists had predicted gusts up to 60 mph, minor flooding on Nantucket and torrential rain on Cape Cod, where about 200 evacuees from Hurricane Katrina are staying. But the center of Ophelia passed 90 miles south of Nantucket and tropical storm warnings were lifted.
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