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Boston. Thats where the focus of some of the heaviest rain is right now and its pouring. Tropical downpours right over brookfield. We had some claps of thunder in there earlier light of lightning tracker on here right now. No total strikes but all this rain is causing issues ponding water on the roadways pax son to the deeper yellows and oranges thats where the rain is coming down hardest. So from princeton to leominster and shrly extending north and east for now. Through up along route 3 and pouring in nashua and wyndham and pelham. The leading edge of the rain is hugging 495 from westford to lowell and parts of the Merrimack Valley. And we have a few lone downpours over lawrence and stretching back up through hamp stead New Hampshire hampstead New Hampshire. Upper 60s for the rest of us. Its sticky and you feel it when you stepout id and between now and mid to late step outside and between now and mid to late morning the storms refire and have the wet weather gear today. Temperatures
Into the central part of the state the deep reds tropical heavy rain coming down at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour. When you traveling from springfield up 91 back edge of the rain crossing the here Connecticut River valley right now. But its from ware through bury localized flooding the low lying areas here with the blinding downpours that extend into jaffrey and milford and the motion of these is to they are through Southern New Hampshire and near manchester. Where do we go from here . A lot of it will weaken as it comes into eastern massachusetts over the next couple hours but theres more moisture down to the south and west. Additional showers during the day today. 72 in boston. Upper 60s to low 70s for many of us. Through midmorning a few showers and through the midday and early afternoon pockets of rain have the wet have the wet weather gear with you. Unsettled weather through the afternoon. Temperatures in the mid70s. We will take you through the rest of the week. Fall begins on
But detectives urge folks to take every precaution on the road they canincluding wearing a helmet. sgt. Richard strader metro police weather is getting nice. Its a little warm today but youre going to start seeing people coming out riding bicycles, motorcylces, pedestrians out. We need to Pay Attention to whats out. And if youre going to be riding those types of vehicles even if a bicycle or a moped even if it doesnt require you to wear it, it can save your life. Mauricio Marin the van was last scene southbound on 21st street at a side damage and a broken left side passenger window. Mauricio Marin at this time police havent released a description of the driver. But once again. Theyre looking for a dark blue Honda Odyssey vab with damage. If you know anything Call Metro Police or crimestoppers. Reporting live. Mauricio marin. 8 news now. Sharie Johnson mauricio. Do police have any leads on the driver behind the wheel of the suv . Mauricio Marin suspect. And may have even seen the driver
To Sunrise Hospital for treatment. The call came in around 8 45 this evening. And weve seen Police Search the area behind this playground with flashlights. So far, they tell me that theyve found 8 shell casings out here. Metro says theyre still trying to piece together what happened because they believe the victim and the gunman knew each other. Adding that witnesses told police they heard loud gunshots but no one knows if any kin so far, no arrests have been made but the investigation is still ongoing and metro says they are following up on a few leads. Anyone with any other information on this case is asked to call crimestoppers. Reporting live, brittany edney, 8 news now. Sharie Johnson North Las Vegas police are investigating the deadly shooting of a 19 year old. This happened just after midnight near lake mead and belmont street. Suffering from gunshot wounds laying in the street. He was taken to umc where he later died. Police do not have a clear description of the shooter but th