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Large and extremely dangerous tornadoes ripped through parts of Bucks and Mercer counties on Thursday, leaving behind a path of destruction and buildings, as well as homes in complete shambles. Luckily, no deaths were reported.

It took a while, but most of us regained mostly sunny, mostly smoke-free skies on Wednesday afternoon. Pleasant dry air thanks to high pressure takes control for a brief time. Low temperatures will bottom out in the mid 50s to 60 degrees south, mid 40s to mid 50s across the North Country Wednesday night. Thursday features increasing clouds and a building...

Thursday: Clouds increase, chance shower, evening rain, night thunder. Highs in the middle 70s.

Wednesday: AM shower, PM sun. Highs 70-75. Overnight Wednesday night: Crisp air, fair sky. Lows in the 50s. Thursday: Clouds increase, chance shower, evening rain, night thunder. Highs in the middle 70s.

Sunshine develops this afternoon as high pressure noses south into New England. Overall, expecting a dry and pleasant day with highs only reaching into the mid- to upper 70s, with low 70s at the coast. Showers may develop across western Massachusetts and Connecticut as a weak area of low pressure moves overhead. High pressure remains in control overnight as it…

Today (Wednesday): AM shower, PM sun. Highs 70-75. Overnight Wednesday Night: Crisp air, fair sky. Lows in the 50s. Thursday: Clouds increase, chance shower, evening rain, night thunder. Highs in the middle 70s.

Today: AM shower, PM sun. Highs 70-75. Overnight Wednesday Night: Crisp air, fair sky. Lows in the 50s. Thursday: Clouds increase, chance shower, evening rain, night thunder. Highs in the middle 70s.

It will be a stormy Friday, with a kind weather gift afterward. We’ll get to enjoy a dry Saturday; that’s the focus for many after we’ve started our weekend with stormy conditions. These thunderstorms have produced frequent lightning and the risk of small hail over New England and we expect to have them heading over the Boston area later...

Friday: Sun and clouds, scattered PM and evening thunder. Highs 75-80. Overnight Friday night: Partly cloudy, patchy fog. Lows in the 50s. Saturday: Mostly sunny, isolated PM shower. Highs near 80. Sunday: A period of AM to early afternoon rain, then occasional showers. Highs in the 70s.

After a rain-saturated Saturday, Sunday will be a bit more of the same. There is no “sun” in our Sunday across much of the region. Showers and thunderstorms continue to roll through. I’m not expecting a widespread event, but it is another day to take the proper precautions.  Before I dive into Sunday and the next few days, Saturday we saw...

Sunday: Chance for rain, flash flooding in areas. Highs in the mid 70s.

PM showers, highs in the upper 70s to low 80s.

Another day of torrential downpours in New England, with more than an inch of rain Monday morning from Worcester to Boston. That gets us to more than 8 inches of rain for the month of July, with no end in sight of this wet pattern. The heaviest rain was in southern New England on Monday morning. Rivers continue to run...

Monday night: Showers, fog and drizzle, lows in the 60s. Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, spot showers, highs in the 60s.

Monday: Flash Flood watch, downpours, fog and drizzle. Highs near 70. Light wind from the northeast. Overnight: Showers, fog & drizzle, low in the 60s. Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, spot showers, high in the 60s.

Monday: Flash flood watch, downpours, fog and drizzle. Highs near 70. Light wind from the northeast. Overnight: Showers, fog and drizzle, low in the 60s. Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, spot showers, high in the 60s.

All eyes are on Tropical Storm Elsa as she makes her way over northern Florida, the southeast United States and eventually off the Virginia coast. But how will it impact New England? Elsa will approach us Friday morning, helping to enhance rainfall in eastern New England especially. An early estimate for rainfall totals is over an inch. The marine community…

Tropical Storm Elsa is hitting the Florida Keys with heavy rain and strong winds. NBC Miami reporter Cristian Benavides shows a beach in Key West where winds are battering palm trees and storm surge is coming up onto the beach.

Crews across parts of Massachusetts are working to restore power and clean debris left behind by severe thunderstorms that swept through the region on Wednesday. Last night’s burst of rain, wind and lightening brought down trees and knocked out power in some spots. In Dracut, several trees feel nearly missing nearby homes. The Merrimac Fire Department warned residents in...

Parts of Massachusetts are cleaning up debris left behind by the Wednesday night storm.