Hours and impacting drive times now. Sara massachusetts to colorado. Local lawmakers learning about recreational marijuana. The warnings before the issue goes to local voters. Complete new england News Coverage starts right now. This is the fox25 morning news. Gene good morning, everybody, tuesday morning, january 12th, thank you for hanging out with us on the fox25 morning news, im gene lavanchy. Sara im sara underwood. If youre heading out the door this morning, we have a big Traffic Alert this morning. There are major delays on 128. We have Live Team Coverage of wrongway crash in lexington that has shut down several lanes during the height of the morning drive. Julie grauert monitoring drive times and alternate routes. Catherine parrotta is updating us live at the scene right now but first fox25 Storm Tracker meteorologist shiri spear tracking snow for later tonight. Shiri lets be thankful the snow has not moved in for the morning commute, on the flip evening commute, and it could c
Mike unbelievable that nobody got that. The statistics are favoring those big, big numbers. We have big numbers in the form of a wind. The wind will be very gusty today. High Wind Warnings out for both capes. Inland were looking at wind advisories. I think the winds will be really ramping up later on this morning and through the afternoon. Also coming along with that wind is the rain. You can see the leading edge of it right now just pushing its way through new york city moving all the way to hartford right now. This is moving its way north ward very, very quickly. All wrapping around a low pressure system clear out over the ohio river valley. As it moves up, it starts to bring the southeastly wind in. Thats why were talking about the wind gusts so strong as you head toward late this morning. Heres where the rain will be at 8 00 this morning. Downpours out to our west. Those downpours move eastward so i think this afternoon it is pretty much devoted to a washout across the area. It is
Saugus. The northbound exit blocked at essex street. Northbound. However, we have a new accident. This is in the southbound lane of route 1 in saugus. And you can see jampacked at 6 a. M. Usually we dont see delays like this until 7 7 15. So i will avoid route 1 in saugus right now at all costs. Here is a map of that closure because of the breaking news about fire. We will have more details for you shortly. We take a wider look. Not seeing the volume increase in any of the major other road in any of the major other roadways quite yet. Over to those live drive times. 17 minutes on route 1 from 128 to the tobin. 24 minutes from 95 495 to the leverett connector. 22 minutes on 28 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. Gene and sara, back to you. First at 6 00, monday on that breaking news in saugus. Fire fighters battling a huge house fire off of route 1. You can see from the video flames have consumed the house sara unclear if anyone was inside when the fire broke out. Catheri
Will drop some more. Its a bit of a breeze out there. These arent brutal wind chills but i think the degree depends on comfortable. Still feels like 22 out there in hyannis. Low temperature also drop into the teens especially low teens north and west and southwest, new mexico and southern vermont. Bottom line the cold air in place as that storm system approaches. Clear out there now this is a storm system just off the top of the newscast. Some snow moving through the midwest. Michigan back to wisconsin and illinois, this system will make its way our way. Well see some clouds increasing by lunchtime this takes to you 11 00 tomorrow morning. Now future cast shows the snow and rain showers coming in during the start of the evening commute and sticking around during that commute into the evening hours. Its looking a little spottier this evening on our future cast data but another batch of snow coming through worcester at 8 30. Snow ams still arent looking real hefty especially enland away
On our map, bright green indicates nothing slowing you down. Pike looking good from framingham through newton to the allstonbrighton area. Along fine. Connector. No major issues to report. Your live drive times. 24 minutes on the pike from 495 to mass ave. 10 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 22 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. Start with breaking news in boston this morning. Heavy fire has been knocked down at a home in roxbury on gadsden street. The call went into Fire Fighters just after 3 00 this morning. Fire fighters worked quickly to put out the flames that started in the attic and moved to the roof. Three people in the home got out safely. No word if anyone was injured. Boston fire is on the scene an tweeting their about 400,000 of damage to the home. They are now investigating a cause. Also breaking this morning, a person has been hit by a car in brighton. The victim and a driver has been rushed to the hospital. On