Videos: Nor’easter floods coastal areas as it lashes Massachusetts with wind, rain

The nor’easter that is expected to batter Massachusetts Friday and Saturday has already pulled down trees and power lines and caused significant flooding along the coast and in Boston.

Forecasters with the National Weather Service are warning that if you’re venturing out to see the storm that coastal flooding should be observed from a “safe location/distance.”

“At this point you should NOT be driving through flood waters, and it is not recommended to go out on beaches, sea walls, jetties, rock piers, etc. to observe coastal flooding,” they wrote.

At this point you should NOT be driving through flood waters, and it is not recommended to go out on beaches, sea walls, jetties, rock piers, etc. to observe coastal flooding; if you are observing coastal flooding, please do so from a safe location / distance

— NWS Boston (@NWSBoston) March 2, 2018

Photos and videos of the major coastal storm shared to social media show waves crashing over seawalls and streets flooding from Plymouth to Scituate to Plum Island:

Thursday homeowners in Sandwich trucked in tons of sand to protect their homes. The approaching tide is already washing those piles away. @boston25 pic.twitter.com/PbioM42iRU

— Jason Law (@JasonLawNews) March 2, 2018

Current conditions around the 700 block of Sea St. Road is impassable @CityofQuincy pic.twitter.com/pg1FarZCiH

— Quincy Police (@quincymapolice) March 2, 2018

Plymouth Rock at the moment. pic.twitter.com/HycJLeqKv5

— MA Sharks ? (@MA_Sharks) March 2, 2018

Waterfront condos becoming waterfilled condos in Boston pic.twitter.com/dB7UjIlBHR

— Eric Fisher (@ericfisher) March 2, 2018

Flooding: Neponset Circle right now, the site where the rescue out of a flooded car took place last month. Not looking so promising right now either. #boston #bosnow #bosweather #coastalflooding #noreasterboston @bytimlogan @NECN @MattNBCBoston @PeteNBCBoston pic.twitter.com/8pxh8HZwIM

— Boston Harbor Now (@BostonHarborNow) March 2, 2018

Commercial Wharf Boston #noreaster boston right now pic.twitter.com/uQmY0a4jr1

— David Filipov (@davidfilipov) March 2, 2018

Ladies and gentlemen.. PLEASE… This not only endangers your life, but the lives of first responders #TurnAroundDontDrown pic.twitter.com/qfAsec4Xoz

— Quincy Police (@quincymapolice) March 2, 2018

Sea water is breaching the break walls on Lynn Shore Drive @boston25 #noreaster pic.twitter.com/Eh81byyCqi

— Jason Solowski (@JasonSolowski) March 2, 2018

Please avoid Arsenal St until further notice. pic.twitter.com/sCKFJK8aqt

— Watertown Police (@WatertownPD) March 2, 2018

The road to Plum Island is shut down as high tide approaches. #7News pic.twitter.com/tC5AYwKnSj

— Eric Kane (@EricKaneTV) March 2, 2018

And there it is…high tide in Marshfield right now. Natl Guard at the ready for water rescues – lots of flooded roads pic.twitter.com/wYxxNIKhI9

— Jessica Reyes (@jessicamreyes) March 2, 2018

Current conditions. #DXFD pic.twitter.com/uSdEO886i9

— Duxbury Fire PIO (@DXFD_PIO) March 2, 2018

High tide on Boston Harbor and Seaport Boulevard is taking the brunt. pic.twitter.com/d5YsEaCZ85

— Seaport Boston Hotel (@seaportboston) March 2, 2018

Aquarium MBTA station. pic.twitter.com/6bE0K4k7UT

— Robin Lubbock (@RLubb) March 2, 2018

Getting worse in #Scituate. Homes not visible at times from waves. People in this area have left! @7News pic.twitter.com/n08MmZGbDL

— Alex DiPrato 7News (@AlexDiPrato) March 2, 2018

Wind from #NorEaster2018 is ripping the siding off this home in Winthrop. #wcvb #mawx pic.twitter.com/yCoaQKaS2E

— David Bienick (@BienickWCVB) March 2, 2018

Amazing video of SIX small children being rescued from floodwaters in the Post Island Road area of Quincy on a front end loader. Two of them were infants. Mom and children all appeared to be OK. pic.twitter.com/TqzJo4EwcJ

— Steve Tellier 7NEWS (@stellier7news) March 2, 2018

#NFD crews off on Solon St. with this tree into a house. No injuries. @EversourceMA notified. Remember no downed lines are safe, call 911. pic.twitter.com/CMmPhy8EUm

— Newton Fire (@NewtonFireDept) March 2, 2018

The condition of this sign has closed the Willard St access off Furnace Brook rotary (headed towards E Milton Square). pic.twitter.com/9NscVhFloG

— Quincy Police (@quincymapolice) March 2, 2018

That ocean is still looking mean this morning along the North Shore & elsewhere on the coast. Huge waves continue to send water into #Nahant communities & have shut down the causeway #Boston25 pic.twitter.com/jNGW2cnr2F

— Drew Karedes (@DrewKaredes) March 3, 2018

I am told this porch used to be attached to this Sandwich home on the left. Wild winds and powerful waves knocked it away. @7News pic.twitter.com/7zIOFu1rIg

— Kerri Corrado (@Kerri7News) March 3, 2018

Residents of Marshfield MA watch as the 3rd and final high tide of the storm rolls in. @wbur pic.twitter.com/k7DgY88iUb

— Bruce Gellerman (@AudioBruce) March 3, 2018

Waves coming up from underneath the dock pic.twitter.com/SJygdm06IA

— Jack Lepiarz (@Lepiarz) March 3, 2018

High tide in Marshfield @wbz pic.twitter.com/8dqObIXLcf

— Ryan Bernat ? (@RyanBernat) March 3, 2018

Seven trees fell in this yard in Sandwich, including five that hit the house. Nobody inside at the time, a neighbor says. #WCVB pic.twitter.com/d7c1LK1x9t

— David Bienick (@BienickWCVB) March 3, 2018

A look at the waves in #Scituate during high tide @7News pic.twitter.com/0mC8CmP2za

— John Cuoco (@JCuocoNews) March 3, 2018

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