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At Muskie Beach, Kennebunk, 30 minutes before the 11 a.m. high tide on Friday. TAMMY WELLS/Journal tribune
At Muskie Beach, Kennebunk, 30 minutes before the 11 a.m. high tide on Friday. TAMMY WELLS/Journal tribune
Sea water swamps the two-way in Biddeford Pool area Friday at the high tide during the nor'easter. COURTESY PHOTO/Roby Fecteau City of Biddeford
Sea water swamps the two-way in Biddeford Pool area Friday at the high tide during the nor’easter. COURTESY PHOTO/Roby Fecteau City of Biddeford
Sea water had already caused some splashover, as evidenced by the rocks on the roadway, on portions of Kennebunk Beach 30 minutes before the 11 a.m. high tide Friday. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune
Sea water had already caused some splashover, as evidenced by the rocks on the roadway, on portions of Kennebunk Beach 30 minutes before the 11 a.m. high tide Friday. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune
The bridge on Parson's Beach Road in Kennebunk is somewhere under all this sea water Friday at the high tide. COURTESY PHOTO/Jeff Rowe, Kennebunk Fire Department
The bridge on Parson’s Beach Road in Kennebunk is somewhere under all this sea water Friday at the high tide. COURTESY PHOTO/Jeff Rowe, Kennebunk Fire Department
High water creeped up behind the buildings in Dock Square, Kennebunkport on Friday at the 11 a.m. high tide, as evidenced from this photo looking toward the municipal parking lot. COURTESY PHOTO/Craig Sanford, Kennebunkport Police Department
High water creeped up behind the buildings in Dock Square, Kennebunkport on Friday at the 11 a.m. high tide, as evidenced from this photo looking toward the municipal parking lot. COURTESY PHOTO/Craig Sanford, Kennebunkport Police Department
The storm surge at Muskie Beach in Kennebunk on Friday morning was pounding against the sea wall and weather watchers were wondering whether the 11:30 p.m. high tide would prove to be as fierce. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune
The storm surge at Muskie Beach in Kennebunk on Friday morning was pounding against the sea wall and weather watchers were wondering whether the 11:30 p.m. high tide would prove to be as fierce. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune
There was flooding in several areas of coastal Biddeford at the high tide Friday morning. COURTESY PHOTO/Roby Fecteau, City of Biddeford
There was flooding in several areas of coastal Biddeford at the high tide Friday morning. COURTESY PHOTO/Roby Fecteau, City of Biddeford
The road wasn't swamped in this case, but high water made its mark, just the same, along Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkort Friday. COURTESY PHOTO/Craig Sanford, Kennebunkport Police
The road wasn’t swamped in this case, but high water made its mark, just the same, along Ocean Avenue in Kennebunkort Friday. COURTESY PHOTO/Craig Sanford, Kennebunkport Police
From the roadway on Beach Avenue in Kennebunk, looking toward Narragansett Point on Friday, 30 minutes before the 11 a.m. high tide. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune
From the roadway on Beach Avenue in Kennebunk, looking toward Narragansett Point on Friday, 30 minutes before the 11 a.m. high tide. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune
Water over the roadway in Kennebunkport meant road closures here — and in most coastal communities in York County. COURTESY PHOTO/Craig Sanford, Kennebunkport Police
Water over the roadway in Kennebunkport meant road closures here — and in most coastal communities in York County. COURTESY PHOTO/Craig Sanford, Kennebunkport Police
Wild waves were pounding Mother's Beach in Kennebunk and other York County coastal areas Friday morning at 30 minutes before the 11 a.m. high tide. Here, the tide rushes up over Mother's Beach, with the cottages at Lord's Point in the distance. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune
Wild waves were pounding Mother’s Beach in Kennebunk and other York County coastal areas Friday morning at 30 minutes before the 11 a.m. high tide. Here, the tide rushes up over Mother’s Beach, with the cottages at Lord’s Point in the distance. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune
Surf kicking up Friday at the 11 a.m. high tide meant for dramatic scenes like this one and headaches for emergency crews coping with flooded roadways and other storm-related issues. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune
Surf kicking up Friday at the 11 a.m. high tide meant for dramatic scenes like this one and headaches for emergency crews coping with flooded roadways and other storm-related issues. TAMMY WELLS/Journal Tribune

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