winter weather

People who lost power already this week are concerned they may lose it again.

According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, there were 3,032 customers without power as of around 5 a.m. on Wednesday. Most of the outages were concentrated in communities in northern Worcester County and eastern Franklin County.

As people in Massachusetts prepare for more snow to fall, clean up is still underway from the winter storm that swept across New England earlier this week. Power remained out for thousands of people Wednesday morning in the Bay State. According to the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, there were 3,032 customers without power as of around 5 a.m. on Wednesday….

Power crews were working Tuesday morning to get the lights back on for thousands of customers who still didn’t have power, with most of the outages in Massachusetts concentrated in northern Worcester County.

Power crews were working Tuesday morning to get the lights back on for thousands of customers who still didn’t have power, with most of the outages in Massachusetts concentrated in northern Worcester County.

Clean up was ongoing for much of New England on Tuesday morning, following the winter storm that brought snow and rain to the region on Monday. Before rain switched to snow, there was flooding in some areas, like the Cole Parkway at the Harbor in Scituate. But even though the snow has stopped, the work isn’t quite over yet....

Dozens of schools in the Bay State opting to cancel classes because of concerns over how school buses would be able to handle the slushy, slippery mess Monday afternoon.

Slick roads are expected for the morning commute as snow and rain continue to fall across the region. The main roads in the Lunenberg area were mostly just wet on Monday morning, but slick spots were being reported on side roads and areas of higher elevation.

From a jackknifed tractor trailer on 128 North in Lexington — and another 18-wheeler flipped on its side near the Trapelo Road exit – to a flatbed truck that lost its load all over 495 South in Methuen – it was a messy morning commute.

Freezing rain and heavy winds are moving their way into the state this weekend, and MassDOT is warning drivers to check the forecast before they go out on the road.

A major winter storm is already causing problems out west, forcing people headed that way to change their plans. Aga Ilwicka changed hers. “I’m traveling from Boston to Chicago and then from Chicago to San Francisco and we had to change our plane in Chicago because there is a huge snow storm coming in on Thursday,” she said. As...

Tuesday evening: Clear, temps in the 30s. Light breeze Overnight Tuesday night: Mostly clear except some immediate coastal cloud pockets. Lows in the 20s, 10s north. Wednesday: Sun & clouds, quiet air. Highs near 40°.

A powerful storm dumped more than 2 feet of snow in some parts of New England Friday into Saturday, with many communities across the region seeing more than a foot of snow, according to the National Weather Service. More than 160,000 customers in New England were in the dark as of Saturday afternoon as heavy snow brought tree limbs onto…

In Gardner, Massachusetts, the hills were tough to drive Friday night and sidewalks were difficult to treat.

What conditions you’ll see depend on where you’re traveling, with some areas seeing significant snow and others managing heavy rain.

The winter storm has created some slick conditions on roadways across New England.

Reports have started coming in tallying snowfall amounts in areas of New England that have seen accumulation Friday morning. Some areas in Massachusetts have seen as much as 9 inches fall already. Others have seen damage resulting from the winter storms, such as trees and utility lines coming down. Here are the latest snowfall totals for Friday’s storm, from SKYWARN…

The winter storm that’s blasting through New England continues to impact the roads. What conditions you’ll see depend on where you’re traveling, with some areas seeing significant snow and others managing heavy rain. Northern and western parts of New England have been seeing snow, and some areas might be left with more than a foot of accumulation. It’s more...

The snow and rain are making for slick conditions on the roadways Friday morning.

As New England inches toward winter, many communities are still having a hard getting fully staffed up for the real winter storms.