Storm Damage Estimate Rises to $30M in North Andover, Massachusetts

The estimated damage from two days of intense rain that fell on North Andover in August stands at $29,910,097.57.

That’s the total that Town Manager Melissa Murphy-Rodrigues submitted Monday in a letter to Dawn Brantley, director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency.

The number well exceeds the $20 million in damages that Murphy-Rodrigues reckoned after the first day of rain, when six inches fell in six hours on Tuesday, Aug. 8, leading North Andover to declare a state of emergency. The higher number includes further damage that was inflicted when intense rain fell again on Friday, August 18.

‘Now MEMA will evaluate the information and see what they believe could be eligible or not eligible based on what we reported, and they’ll make a recommendation to FEMA on whether or not there should be a declaration of a state of emergency,’ Murphy-Rodrigues said.