Eighteen inches of snow fell and winds reached 70 miles per hour in Hull during the Blizzard of 2026 earlier this week, according to the National Weather Service, but most of Hull was spared from major coastal flooding during high tides.
Following a quickly-assembled remote meeting on Sunday at which the select board approved an emergency declaration, town crews moved into position to respond to the storm, which began overnight Sunday and raged through most of Monday. The emergency declaration helps the town access state and federal assistance for storm relief efforts.
Half of Hull lost power on Monday morning when one of the two electrical feeder lines coming into town failed. Other neighborhoods were in the dark due to smaller incidents, such as poles that came down on Newport Road during the worst of the storm. Residents all over town reported low-hanging wires as the winds whipped the coastline…