A home in Warren, NH was destroyed Monday afternoon when most of it was swept into the Baker River by floodwaters.
Tom Babbit shot a video of the home being carried down the Baker River and crashing into a bridge.
“Unbelievable. It was pretty wild to watch a whole house float down the river and just get crunched into little pieces and they’re floating down the river,” Babbit said.
The owner of the home, Lisa Slade, of Hudson, said it had been in her family for decades.
“It’s devastating,” Slade said. “I know it’s only a summer home to people, but that’s our home. Like, we’ve been going there our entire lives, and to have that gone is just awful.”
Despite repairs made over the summer to build up the riverbank, it wasn't enough to save the house in the wake of this storm.
A piece of the home is still hanging on to the embankment.
“The house was halfway sitting out over the water, still had one pier, and I watched a tree come in and take the pier out, and the house just slowly started tipping,” Babbit said.
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"It's very unfortunate because, I mean, I know for myself I wouldn't want me or any of my relatives losing their house, especially to the river like that," Jonathan Cyr said.
Part of the home still remains on the riverbank. Downstream, pieces of foundation rushed down the river.
The destroyed home was not the only property in the area affected by the storm.
“It’s washed out banks, it’s diverted to different sections of the roads and people’s lands,” Cyr said.
“We were just there this weekend, and, you know – thank God that this storm happened this morning, because if we were there yesterday, if that happened, we wouldn’t be here talking about this right now,” she said.
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Several towns postpone trick-or-treating due to storm damage
Updated: 9:59 AM EDT Oct 31, 2017
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ANDOVER, Mass. —
Schools will be closed Tuesday and trick-or-treating will be postponed for children in Andover, due to damage from the storm early Monday morning, officials said.
Chelmsford, Dracut, Lowell, and Tewksbury also announced plans to postpone trick-or-treating until Friday. Methuen will have Halloween on Thursday and Tyngsborough will delay the event until Sunday.
Boxford and Salisbury also announced trick-or-treating was cancelled due to the conditions left by the storm.
According to National Grid, the power outages in those communities are extensive:
Andover: 58.4 percent
North Andover: 89 percent
Boxford: 99.3 percent
Chelmsford 36 percent
Dracut: 75 percent
Lowell: 28 percent
Metheun: 38 percent
Salisbury: 99.7 percent
Tewksbury: 36 percent
Tyngsborough: 52 percent
"Trees still coming down with wires," Andover police tweeted. "Don't walk through the mess of wires and branches, even if your power is out."
Damage was widespread across the Merrimack Valley from the heavy rain and strong winds overnight.
Merrimack, New Hampshire said trick-or-treating will be held on Wednesday. Pelham, New Hampshire said trick-or-treating was postponed until Saturday.
A spokesman said Andover will also be making resources available for residents.