Am issuing the following emergency order effective tuesday, march 24 at noon, all nonessential businesses shall close their physical workplaces and facilities to all workers, customers, and the public. This order will remain in effect until tuesday, april 7 at noon. I am also directing the department of Public Health to issue a stayathome advisory outlining self isolation and social distancing protocols. This advisory will also be in effect until tuesday, april 7. We also strongly advise people over the age of 70 and those with Underlying Health issues to stay home and limit their interactions with others as much as possible. I will get into more specifics on what this means for businesses and for everyone at home in a moment. But everyone should know that we will always allow all Grocery Stores, pharmacies, and other types of businesses that provide essential goods and services to massachusetts residents to continue to operate. And we will not stop anyone from accessing these essentia
Gene power couple strengthening ties in another city. The new waterfront property they are reportedly buying. Gene good morning, everybody, it is august 2nd, thank you for being with us, im gene elizabeth im Elizabeth Hopkins in for sara underwood. Shiri spear is todays storm with todays showers. Gene hes right shiri lighter rain and worcester getting heavier rain, auburn, sudbury, clinton, shirley, leominster and extending into southwestern New Hampshire making way to mildford and lightens up as you patchy, lighter, almost drizzle out there, just north of the city, also as you head westward on the pike you will encounter the showers, but look at how it encloses on boston area. I say steadiest through 9 00 this morning and then it lightens up by latemorning, so here you have it, afternoon bringing clearing skies. Thats check on forecast for now. Lets get you over to Julie Grauert. She has the latest information on new accident. Julie accident on route 3 northbound, near route 139 in st
At 65 . , still whole string of 50s to nashua to fitchburg, norwood and bedford, 64 in plymouth and how about 67 . Right now as you wake up on outer cape. So hourbyhour forecast, this goes for the boston area, 9 00 a. M. 69 . , 11 00 a. M. 74. We got upper 70s heading into town for the afternoon. And you can see that it is simply sunshine. So coast including boston 79 . , cape 77 today and inland towns and cities back into the 80s, i will break coming up. Now Julie Grauert with live drive time traffic this morning and an accident update. Shiri, back to live pictures on accident on 128 southbound at route 35 in danvers. You can see it is off to the righthand shoulder, several cars involved. As i take you to the map, not a lot of delays because of that. However, as we shift south, we are seeing delays on 24 right now. It is because of an accident on 24 right at 128. And we have volume really route 27 in avon, brockton area. Expressway heavy steady typical volume for this time of the morn
And by the way, nih Just Announced the first Clinical Trials in humans that costs money. Thats why my Administration Proposed an urgent request for more funding back in february. Not only did the Republican Led Congress not pass our request, they worked to cut it. Them they left for summer recess without passing any new funds for the fight against zika. Our experts at the nih and cdc, th have been doing their best in making do by moving funds from other area. Now the money we need is rapidly running out. The situation is getting critical. For instance, without sufficient funding, nih critical trial Clinical Trials and the possibilities of a vaccine which is well within reach could be delayed. So this is not the time for politics. More than 40 u. S. Service in 50 u. S. States we know of more than 1800 cases of zika connected to travel, to infected areas, including nearly 500 pregnant women. Zika is now present in almost every part of puerto rico, and now we have the first local transmis
To areas like natick and medway and even walpole and franklin. Still a little bit steadier in here but this isnt the downpour action we have had earlier this morning in central and western mass. Brockton same deal there. You got some showers in place, but they are not terribly heavy, moderate rain in acushnet right now, boston been pass for the most part, no more than couple rain drops and risk of rain will continue until 11 00 a. M. After that we are dry, my friends. We dry out for lunchtime. We stick with mostly skies at lunch but at 3 00 p. M. Look at that. Breaks in the clouds and bump temperatures up to 76 . And see high temperatures in the upper 70s inland and coast 75, cape 75. All of this starts the clearing process just this afternoon. Julie, lets get it back to you for live drive time traffic. Julie tracking volume and lingering. Sluggish at route 16 and route 60 in medford. Eastbound right after the weston tolls. Here is live look at the zakim where bumpertobumper on zakim b