Photos: Nor’easter batters Southern New England

Take a look at how this September storm is affecting the region with rain, high surf and strong winds.

Paul Casey steps gingerly into foam kicked up by a nor’easter as he checks on his brother’s house in Scituate on Sept. 27.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

The nor’easter has battered the New England coast for a second day. Thousands of customers are without power, and flooding is affecting coastal communities.

A car navigates Central Ave. through sea foam and salt water kicked up by a nor’easter in Scituate on Sept. 27.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Gary Kaplan, of Canton makes his way back to the boardwalk after getting sprayed by the ocean at Scituate Light.Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff

Pieces of a fallen tree remain on Doone Ave. in Boston after being cleared from the roadway.Danielle Parhizkaran/Globe Staff

A surfer maneuvers between two waves at Hampton Beach.Stan Grossfeld/Globe Staff

A huge wave smashed against seaside homes on Turner Road as high tide approached Scituate on Sept. 26.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

A hat blew off a man holding his daughter as they stood on the breakwater in Scituate Harbor to watch waves crashing.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

A trio of friends from Providence jumped into the high surf in Galilee, R.I.Mark Stockwell For The Boston Globe

Jogger Adam Machson-Carter veered away from a wave crashing on a seawall as a young girl takes cover in Lynn.Winslow Townson for The Boston Globe

A freighter was off of Point Judith, R.I., as waves crashed along the shore at Rose Nulman Park.MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Jadian O’Sullivan from Scituate got drenched by a wave as he ventured out to the breakwater in Scituate Harbor as high tide approached. John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Wind-driven rain on a car window framed the Scituate Lighthouse.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Members of the Boston College marching band lost their caps as the wind whipped at Alumni Stadium before a football game against Virginia Tech on Saturday.Ken McGagh for The Boston Globe

A seal ate a fish in the choppy waters of Boston Harbor near Fan Pier.Erin Clark/Globe Staff

A woman battled the wind and rain as she came out to look at the waves crashing against the breakwater in Scituate Harbor.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

A beachcomber used a metal detector to look for treasures under the sand at Misquamicut Beach in Westerly, RI.MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

A wave hit a seawall during a nor'easter in Lynn.Winslow Townson for The Boston Globe

An intense nor’easter battered parts of Scituate on Saturday.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff

Invigorated by the storm, Andrew Powell, of Pembroke, prayed during high tide at Rexhame Beach in Marshfield. Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff

Logan Podedworny and his girlfriend Mariana Simioni walked in Rose Nulman Park in Point Judith, R.I.MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE

Storm watchers braced the wind and rain at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

People looked out over Boston Harbor from Long Wharf.Erin Clark/Globe Staff

A woman braved the wind and rain at Town Neck Beach in Sandwich.Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff

The surf pounded Peggotty Beach in Scituate on Saturday morning.John Tlumacki/Globe Staff