Downed branches peppered the heavily wooded community of Ocean Pines on Monday following inch after inch of snowfall.

One particularly large tree had fallen from a backyard, across a front yard, and through a lane of traffic, a median, and then another lane. A neighbor marveled that, somehow, it landed directly between two houses, smashing neither.

This weekend’s blizzard hit the 12,000-person Worcester County town next to Ocean City especially hard. Some parts received at least 10 inches of snow, but measurements were imprecise due to another dangerous element: winds topping 50 mph.

While Baltimore received just a dusting, the Eastern Shore was pummeled by a rare blizzard that moved up the coast and blew big flakes sideways for 18 hours on Sunday and Monday. Across the region, trees leaned against power lines and broke poles.

After Berlin’s population of 5,000 lost power, a few National Guard members assisted crews Monday in restoring utility poles. Contractors from as far as Indiana and Alabama came to help Delmarva Power, utility spokesperson Matt Ford said.

Most outages across the region were restored Monday, but about 6,000 Delmarva Power customers on the Eastern Shore were still without power as of 10:30 p.m.

Across the shore, Maryland State Police received more than 300 calls for service during the storm.

Ocean Pines locals who tried to drive Monday morning were met with wooden roadblocks. But Patrick McAuliffe, in a newish Subaru Crosstrek, was able to maneuver out to Ocean City’s beach to watch the waves come in.

“We had to like detour and drive through the medians,” he said.

The bulk of Ocean Pines lost power Sunday night, which proved a vicious overture of the storm to come. Eric Strausbaugh took his dog for a walk as the blizzard began in earnest.

“It was howling, and the snow was blasting me in the face,” he said.

By Monday, those gusts had left an almost tornado-like path in their wake.

“It brought down a lot of trees,” Strausbaugh said. “A lot of trees.”

Linda Moler, who lives on the same court as Strausbaugh, saw her house dip to 55 degrees overnight after she lost power. With energy restored Monday, though, the 83-year-old Baltimore native periodically checked in on a neighbor. Plus, her TV came back, she said. That allowed her to watch some recorded “Law & Order” episodes.

Crews spent Monday chainsawing trunks and moving branches to medians and front yards. Afterward, it was time to clear the snow.

Years ago, several residents of that Ocean Pines court invested in a communal snowblower.

About 364 days a year, that doesn’t mean much. But on Monday, it came in handy.