Winter Storm Juno's effects may be waning across the Northeast and New England, but in Massachusetts, some lasting impacts persisted into Thursday.

Boston schools remain closed on Thursday as Mayor Marty Walsh preferred safety over rushing the kids back into the classrooms.

“This is a public safety issue. I am confident that our roads are safe and drivable, and that our schools will be clear by tomorrow morning. But, I have grave concerns about the status of our sidewalks and the well-being of students walking to and from their bus stops, or needing to stand in the street when they are waiting for the bus," said Walsh in a statement.

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But in other ways, life was returning to normalcy in Boston. The city's parking ban , Boston.com reported, and power has been restored to nearly all customers who lost it during the storm.At one point, more than 30,000 across the state lost power — actually less than feared, thanks to Juno's light, fluffy snow.

After days of cancelations, nearly all scheduled flights were taking off with little delays at Boston's Logan International Airport Thursday.

Along the coast, however, residents were beginning a long cleanup process that would include condemning several of the hardest-hit storms that were battered for nearly 24 consecutive hours by Juno's wind and surf. In Marshfield, officials told The Associated Press that at least four houses are likely to be condemned, and at least 12 more were seriously damaged when two 80-foot sections of seawall were pounded by storm surge.

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On the state's South Shore, the story was very much the same in Scituate, where at least five seaside homes were badly damaged.

"The storm came down both sides of the house," LisaCaisse, ofScituate, told The Boston Globe. "It took out the wall that would have protected our door."

Caisseand her husband, as well as at least six other families in the area, had to call for a rescue. When she left her home, at least 9 inches of water had entered the basement, and there was water spraying through a side door, she said.

Gov. Charlie Baker toured Scituate and viewed the damage Wednesday, and also met with officials in the city's town hall, The AP reported. Baker said he plans to request federal aid for storm recovery, but wants city and town officials to assess the damage in their own communities before he submits the request.

Juno caused more damage to property along the coast than any storm since the "no name" storm of 1991, Scituate Building Commissioner Neil Duggan told The AP.

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The storm, according toThe Telegram, with wind gusts of 78 and 85 mph reported in Nantucket.

"You name it, we’re dealing with it," said Police Chief William Pittman toThe Boston Globeon Tuesday. "The only thing we didn’t get is 3 feet of snow. Instead, we got three 3 of water."

Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, however, power began to be restored to parts of the island, the local paper said.

At least one person was reported dead in Massachusetts as a result of the storm. At a news conference Wednesday, New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell said a 53-year-old man suffered a "cardiac event" while shoveling snow on Tuesday night. He was believed to have had a pre-existing heart condition and his name was not made public, according to The Associated Press.

An unidentified town official helps Greg Longo, left, remove belongings from his house after it was heavily damaged by ocean waves during a winter storm in Marshfield, Mass., Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015. The storm has punched out a section of the seawall in the coastal town of Marshfield, police said. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)