2018A near-record storm surge forced Gloucester residents from their homes along Western Avenue and swamped and destroyed 73 cars parked at Gloucester High School.Events & Anniversaries, Natural Disasters

The January 4, 2018 storm led city and state officials to step up their response to climate change. They secured a $63,345 grant from the state’s Coastal Zone Management to evaluate and design remediation needed to protect the high school campus and its surrounding neighborhood from flooding.