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Wednesday’s storm ultimately dumped over 9 inches of rain in parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and nearly as much on New York City’s Staten Island. From flooding along the Blackstone River to a road collapse in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, NBC10 Boston has team coverage on the aftermath of the storm.

The remnants of once-Hurricane Ida moved through Massachusetts Wednesday into Thursday, bringing gusting wind and flooding rains with it.

Heavy rain caused roads to flood Thursday morning including in Wareham and on Storrow Drive in Boston.

An SUV was stuck for hours after the driver tried to drive through a flooded section of Storrow Drive on the eastbound side under the Mass. Ave bridge.

A tornado was confirmed to have touched down on Cape Cod during the intense storm activity caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida as it moved through New England, federal weather experts announced Thursday. Six tornado warnings had been issued for the Cape and Islands late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning amid strong winds and flooding rains. The last…

Worcester residents say they’re tired of getting rain from the streets into their basements as rain has inundated the city as of late.

Our First Alert continues as heavy rain takes over. The torrential rainfall will lead to widespread flooding and flash flooding across central and southern New England tonight through Thursday morning.

Multiple tornado warnings were issued for the Cape and Islands early Thursday morning as the storm system once known as Hurricane Ida made its way through New England. A tornado watch was issued for southeastern Massachusetts and all of Rhode Island through 7 a.m. Tornado watches indicate the possibility tornadoes could form, and are a degree less urgent than tornado…

Get ready for heavy downpours tonight.  Our morning has been relatively quiet – we even got the opportunity to enjoy some escaping rays of sunshine. But our afternoon will be filled with heavy pockets of rain as Ida’s remnants head directly into New England. Light showers began early this morning across the southwest, but even though they have been...

Today: Southern New England showers turn to rain. Highs in the 70s. Overnight Wednesday Night: Downpours and thunder, localized flooding. Lows in the 50s. Thursday: Flooding, windswept AM rain & thunder taper to showers, late sun. Highs in the 60s.

Ida is no longer a hurricane…or a tropical storm…or a tropical depression. But does still represent a slug of rain and a low pressure center – a storm center – churning northeast, dumping flooding rain along its path and heading for New England. In the interim, humidity has decreased Tuesday behind a cold front that swept off our New England…

A cold front will continue to push into and through New England later Monday, sparking some thunderstorms along its path. A few storms could become damaging with wind gusts and localized flooding the primary concerns.   It’s not worth cancelling outdoor activities, but certainly have a backup plan to seek shelter indoors should you need to.   Any leftover storms...

Overnight Monday: Torrential downpours, thunder. Low in the 70s. Wind from the south 15-25 mph with stronger gusts. Tuesday: Sun and clouds. Humid, with highs in the 80s.

Preparations for a storm grew more urgent Saturday as the newly upgraded Hurricane Henri closed in on New England. The storm’s latest track puts it on course to collide Sunday with a long stretch of coastline, with hurricane warnings extending from near the old whaling port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, across the luxurious oceanfront estates of New York’s Hamptons, to...

Firefighters had to rescue four people from their cars after they became submerged in flood waters on a street in Worcester.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Fred brought torrential rain and severe weather to New England Thursday morning, prompting flash flood warnings and tornado warnings across the region. Fire crews evacuated 78 residents from Bear Mountain, a nursing home in Sudbury, by Thursday night. A roof that had been under repair was leaking, leaving the building uninhabitable. Three people fire officials…

It’s probably not much of a surprise, given the recent weather pattern, to acknowledge sunshine will be at a premium during this new work week. That said, our First Alert forecast holds rain off until later in the week for most of New England, and Monday may be one of the brightest of the bunch.  Coming off of Sunday night...

After an incredible late spring and early summer stretch of weather, days like today have become harder to come by in July. Sunshine and temperatures well into the 80s, even pushing 90° is forecast.  A flow of air thousands of feet above our heads, driven by the jet stream steering winds aloft, is blowing from western Canada to the Great…

Although more showers, downpours and thunder will fall on a waterlogged New England region Monday, available energy in the atmosphere is less than in recent days. That means flash flooding and severe weather are both much less likely.  Our First Alert Team can’t say the threat for flash flooding is non-existent given the saturated ground, but conditions are less...

Overnight: Mostly cloudy with showers and a few downpours. Very humid – patchy dense fog, low in the 60s to low 70s. Monday: Mostly cloudy with showers, a bit less humid, high in the 70s.
Tuesday: Sunny start, afternoon clouds, slight chance late day shower or storm. High in the 80s.