Jennifer thank you to. The north now a half mile long ice jam is closing a road in franconia and causing flooding problems for people who live nearby. Take a look at this incredible drone video that shows the ice backing up from above. Stephanie woods is live in franconia with how crews are trying to clean this all up. Reporter thankfully were told that the ice jam cleared out and washed out around 2 00 this afternoon and right now theres public. But the damage is already done. This behind us is a house, i know you can barely tell, really the only sign is the mailbox there. But you the driveway is completely flooded and were hearing that water may be up to the second floor inside of the home. Franconia authorities are telling us that the ice started to form or started to cluster together last tuesday. It clustered around a fallen tree. Check out this video. The ice blocked off the flow of the river, flooding nearby homes. A couple living at 155 their home last week after about four fee
But the company didnt heed the warning, and still did not take the tent down. And it put employees at risk of being crushed or trapped by the heavy structure, and osha has already issued citations and fines and will be meeting with Walker International wednesday to discuss this further. The company and others need to realize that its not just a matter of paying the fines and citations, but its important that we understand Going Forward how theyre going to prevent this kind of thing from occurring in the future. Reporter news 9 did try to contact Walker International events in florida. However, we were unable to reach them. Live in concord, Heather Hamel, wmur news 9. Jean the problems related to that tent are just some of the violations found in Walker International events. Other violations include ungrounded or misused electrical equipment, including equipment unmarked exits, and missing fire extinguishers inside a tent flames. Osha has proposed more than 33,000 in fines. Tom another
once that batch of rain moves through by mid evening take a look at those tropical downpours developing in the mid atlantic state, approaching d. C. , some embedded thunderstorms in there and they are moving in our direction. cant rule out a rare february thunderstorm, as we go through late this evening and overnight. but that will be accompanied by spring warmth. how warm does it get overnight into early tomorrow and how about more changes for the rest of the the week, thats ahead. tom and this mild weather means that not only are snowmobile trace closed, memberships are dropping. New Hampshire shares the money from snowmobile registrations with clubs so they can buy things like grooming equipment. but it also means that the year. the d. O. T. Says its crews are still hard at work treating the highways, even with relatively adam sexton is in hooksett tonight and this relatively mild winter could result in a snow budget surplus, i guess. reporter thats right, tom. we dont want to jinx
Highs as 35 Miles Per Hour in the salem area, and the wind i is, were getting a strong gust right now, the rain coming down heavily as well. Lets take a look at the doppler radar. Well start with a wide shot, showing you that back edge that mike was talking about thats been pushing through all of new england basically southwest to northeast. Well show you how its moving through, and that back end coming up to where i am in the salem area. Although the rain is coming down heavily where i am, were going to see the back end moving through, and it moves from west to northeast basically, so the eastern parts of the state last. Well have more in a few minutes. Wmur. Back to you. Jennifer go get dry, thank you. And as far as the roads go at this hour, the main roads pretty much clear of snow and ice, but with all of this rain falling and the rise in temperatures, the concern now switches over to on the roads. So lets get a live look at conditions, this is on 93, well check in with mike cronin
A scene as ive ever personally witnessed. Ive seen videos of homicides and other things over the course of my 20 years. Reporter on february 9, an armed assailant entered the store, but a different clerk refused to has been over any money and that suspect ran away. The clerk assaulted yesterday is expected to recover. The clerk is in stable condition, he is at a local hospital, i believe they kept him overnight to monitor his progress based on the injuries he sustained. Reporter thats the good news. Karasis bail was set at 750,000. Hell be back in court in march. Shelley walcott, wmur news 9. Tom tonight the salem finance director is oned aminute straight straightive leave after police say she was caught stealing from maceys and a town official tells us it allegedly happened during her lunch break. Heather hamel is live tonight with this story for us. Shocked by the news. Jane savastano has worked as the finance director in salem for more than a decade, and just to be safe they are now