(Bloomberg) -- Roofs continue to collapse under record snow across the Boston area, most over warehouses and barns, as the latest weekend storm brings three to five inches of snow, topped off by up to a half-inch of rain in some areas.
Sunday’s tally shows 128 roofs have failed in the last two weeks, up from 106 roofs on Friday, according to Peter Judge, spokesman for the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, MEMA.
A barn roof collapse in Andover, Massachusetts, where several horses were rescued Sunday is typical of what local and state emergency personnel are seeing, Judge said. Cave-ins on residential property have been limited to attached garages, decks and other structures that are not inhabited. There have been no serious injuries, he said.
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