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Individual towns are now stepping up to try and help. In the Town of Scituate, for example, there is now a Tier 4 water ban in place. That means there’s a total ban on all nonessential outside water use.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has extended the current heat emergency through Tuesday due to the ongoing hot weather. This is now the second time the heat emergency has been extended, after it started last Thursday. “With the weather forecast now showing the high temperatures and humidity lasting through Tuesday, we’re extending the heat emergency to make sure all of...

The entire state of Mass. is under some sort of drought status, mounting concerns over fire issues.

Boston has announced a heat emergency ahead of an extremely hot stretch.

The next few days will be hot, and Boston has declared a heat emergency.

Boston will be under a heat emergency Thursday through Sunday, Mayor Michelle Wu announced Wednesday. The heat index, and possibly temperatures themselves, are expected to reach 100 degrees Thursday. Within the first few hours of daylight, clouds will break for sunshine and this will start the meteoric temperature rise, propelling afternoon high temperatures into the 90s and near 100 degrees…

Boston could see triple digit temperatures on Thursday.

For some parts of the Boston area, the heat is worse than in others.

Boston has declared a heat emergency through Thursday as temperatures soar into the 90s this week.

Boston declared a heat emergency in the city Tuesday through Thursday as the region gets hit with a heat wave in a long hot spell that’s expected to stretch into the weekend.

Boston declared a heat emergency in the city Tuesday through Thursday as the region gets hit with a heat wave in a long hot spell that’s expected to stretch into the weekend. This will be the first heat wave — three straight days of 90+ degree heat — for many this season. Our weather team issued a First Alert for…

To help Bostonians stay cool, cooling centers will be open at 12 Boston Centers for Youth and Families community centers Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Additionally, 50 splash pads will be open at parks and playgrounds throughout the city, and select indoor BCYF pools are open.

With temperatures set to head back in the 90s this week, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has declared a heat emergency in the city Tuesday through Thursday. The emergency declaration, issued Monday, will open cooling centers at a dozen Boston Centers for Youth & Families community centers. See more information on the city’s heat emergency, including the list of cooling...

From the NBC10 Boston First Alert Weather Center… Today (Monday): Very humid under thickening clouds with rain and thunder for many late morning onward. Highs around 80. Overnight Monday Night: Showers/thunder ending. Lows around 70, 60s north. Tuesday: Becoming mostly sunny, except scattered PM thunder Northern New England. Highs around 90. Cape Cod Radio Forecast:...

Extreme heat is expected Saturday and Sunday.

The first extreme heat of the season is coming to New England Saturday and Sunday.

With temperatures set to reach into the 90s this weekend, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has declared a heat emergency. The declaration opens 15 city cooling centers to residents. “We’re working quickly to make sure all of our Boston residents and families are protected during this weekend’s extremely hot weather,” Mayor Michelle Wu said in a statement. The Boston Centers...

Friday: Pockets of AM fog/clouds to fair sky. Highs near 80 inland, 70 coast. Overnight Friday night: A round of showers/thunder, otherwise variable clouds, pockets of fog. Lows in the 60s. Saturday: Hazy, record hot, humid. Chance late thunder far north. Highs in the 90s, heat index 95+. Sunday: Continued hazy, record hot & humid, highs in the 90s,...