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Tropical Storm Idalia forms in the Gulf of Mexico on a possible track toward the US, forecasters say
Weather Forecasters said they expected Idalia to become a hurricane on Tuesday in the Gulf of Mexico and then curve northeast toward the west coast of Florida. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, in a post on the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, said he has directed state emergency officials begin preparations for a […]
North Andover suffered nearly $30 million in flooding damages from Aug. 8 storm, town manager says
Weather “The impacts of that unprecedented rainfall reverberated throughout our community with residents, businesses and our own buildings…in ways never seen before,” the town manager wrote in a letter to MEMA. U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton passes a flood line as he walks into the basement of Jaime’s Restaurant. He was touring the damage caused by […]
Rain from Tropical Storm Hilary lashes California and Mexico, swamping roads and trapping cars
Weather Vehicles cross over a flood control basin that has almost reached the street, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023, in Palm Desert, Calif. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill SAN DIEGO (AP) — Tropical Storm Hilary inundated streets across Mexico’s arid Baja California Peninunsula with deadly floodwaters Sunday before moving over Southern California, where it swamped roads and […]
Raynham firefighters reunite with kitten rescued from storm drain
Local News The five-week-old kitten is aptly named “Storm.” Raynham firefighters reunited with a five-week-old kitten they rescued from storm drain over the weekend. Raynham Fire Department/Courtesy A 5-week-old tuxedo kitten was reunited Tuesday with the Raynham firefighters who spared one of his nine lives. The saga began just after midnight on Sunday, when first […]
Could a wave ‘speed bump’ protect coastal communities from storm surge?
The Boston Globe Alex Berkowitz, founder and CEO of Coastal Protection Solutions, visited the Harborwalk in Boston. Berkowitz’s company is working on building Wavebreakers, structures that act like a wave speed bump to decrease the height and velocity of destructive waves. Erin Clark/Globe Staff By Aruni Soni, The Boston Globe updated on September 18, 2023 […]