emergency
Mayor Wu declares heat emergency as school year starts in Boston
Weather As heat and humidity blanket the city, the National Weather Service has warned of heat index values as high as 97 degrees. A 9-year-old child becomes one with the spray at a Boston splash pad, one of several tools the city is using to help keep its residents cool during a two-day heat emergency […]
City councilors call for Mass. and Cass emergency declaration; Wu admin. pushes back
Local News Boston City Councilors Erin Murphy, Frank Baker, Ed Flynn, and Michael Flaherty said that officials need to declare a state of emergency to improve the situation at Mass. and Cass. An encampment of tents and shelters lines Atkinson Street in the area know as Mass. and Cass, Aug. 17, 2023. John Tlumacki / […]
Healey administration sued after announcing cap on emergency shelters
Local News Lawyers for Civil Rights say the changes will leave “destitute women and children out on the street.” Mass. Gov. Maura Healey announced earlier in October that the state’s emergency shelter system would soon reach capacity. Suzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe Two weeks ago, Gov. Maura Healey announced that Massachusetts’ emergency shelter system would soon reach […]
That blaring noise you heard? It was a test of the federal government’s emergency alert system.
Technology In this photo illustration, a national alert is displayed on a cellphone on October 04, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images By REBECCA SANTANA, Associated Press October 4, 2023 | 5:42 PM WASHINGTON (AP) — “THIS IS A TEST”: If you have a cellphone or were watching television Wednesday, you should have seen […]
Conspiracy theories about FEMA’s Oct. 4 emergency alert test spread online
Technology One popular video shows a woman claiming the test will somehow switch on technology that has been introduced into people’s bodies. The first test of the national wireless emergency system by the Federal Emergency Management Agency is shown on a cellular phone in Detroit, Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018. AP Photo/Paul Sancya Claim: An emergency […]
Gov. Healey declares state of emergency in Mass. due to ‘catastrophic’ flooding
Weather Leominster and North Attleboro suffered some of the worst flood damage caused by Monday’s thunderstorms. Road crews assess a sinkhole on Chestnut Street in Leominster, Mass. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2023. Parts of Massachusetts and Rhode Island were flooded by heavy rain Monday night. Michael Casey/AP Photo Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared a state […]
State of emergency declared in Leominster due to ‘life-threatening’ flooding, schools closed Tuesday
Local News Leominster, Fitchburg, and Lunenburg are under a flash flood emergency. Amid thunderstorms and heavy rainfall Monday evening, Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella declared a state of emergency due to extensive flooding in the city. Mazzarella announced the state of emergency on Facebook at 6:30 p.m. Around 7:45 p.m., Leominster Public Schools Superintendent Paula Deacon […]