Temperatures today. Good evening, i m tom griffith. Shelley and i m shelley walcott. It was so unbelievably warm today. The warm up is causing problems with ice jams and flooding in parts of the state. Right now in lisbon, u. S. 302 is closed due to flooding. These are pictures from earlier today, you can see the ice jam along the ammonoosuc river. State police say theres about 3 to 4 feet of water on the road. Now let s head over to chief meteorologist mike haddad for what we can expect next in the forecast. Mike retracting not only the warm temperatures moving out but showers in some spots. Last night the most magic, where the warmth blasted in and about 30 s into 60 s. Here are the record highs for today. Concord 63, breaking the old 20 degrees colder right now in portsmouth but below freezing and white field and right at 30 degrees in berlin. There is an colder beginning to build on it at along with that cold air some snow showers. Spring warmth earlier this evening right back to w
On record for suspected opioid deaths in the city. Griffith. Shelley and im shelley walcott. American medical response responded to 60 overdoses this month in manchester. 14 of them were deadly. And the mayor says the governor isnt doing enough to deal with the epidemic. Wmurs mike cronin joins us live from manchester. Mike . Mike mayor ted gatsas is frustrated appoint a new drug czar. Governor Maggie Hassans office says shes interviewing people to find the most qualified candidate as soon as possible. This morning manchester set a troubling record. There have been 14 suspected opioid related deaths the most for one month in the queen city. American medical response says the addiction crisis is getting worse. Ive been doing this my whole life. Ive never seen it like this before. Mike monday manchester mayor ted gatsas called out governor Maggie Hassan for not filling the drug czar position. And start challenging this at the top. Mike the states former drug left his role earlier this wh
The epidemic. Wmurs mike cronin joins us live from manchester. Mike . Mike mayor ted gatsas is frustrated with how long its taking to appoint a new drug czar. Governor Maggie Hassans office says shes interviewing people to find the most qualified candidate as soon as possible. This morning manchester set a troubling record. There have been 14 suspected opioid related deaths the most for one month in the queen city. American medical response says the addiction crisis is getting worse. Ive been doing this my whole life. Ive never seen it like this before. Mike monday manchester mayor ted gatsas called out governor Maggie Hassan for not filling the drug czar position. And i think its important that somebody needs to step up and start challenging this at the top. Mike the states former drug czar left his role earlier this month. While on the job, he faced criticism over his performance. Gatsas who is considering a run for governor says more we need to start telling people that if you are c
Lydia good evening. We begin with big changes in the weather. Get ready for really good taste of spring. Beth mcleod is here with your first alert forecast. Beth were definitely going to have some warmer weather coming our way. Were just on the edge of it. As a matter of fact, its right around the corner. Believe it or not, your current temperature for us is 38. We have been there. But look towards the west. Look towards springfield. 63 currently. This is the weather thats ultimately coming our way. Hour by hour, were not really going to see it tonight. Temperaturewise as we go towards 8 00 in the morning. And then look at our temperatures near lunchtime. Well this the mid 50s tomorrow. We are under the two week mark for the beginning of spring. But this week is going to bring out spring fever for everybody. Monday, were estimated the lows, or the high temperatures in the low 60s. Tuesday, well be flirting with 70. Thats 15 to 20 degrees above average. And not just for two days, lydia,
How it will affect your compute tomorrow. Wbz news this morning starts at 4 30 a. M. Rear following breaking news tonight in the baby bella case. State review shows the department of children and families should have paid closer attention to that little girl when it received reports of neglect. Beth romano is live at the statehouse tonight. Reporter well it is the kind of criticism that has become all too familiar with dcf. The stinging report says the state had a chance to help bella bond, but failed and says faulty information guided her case. It is clear that the department of children and families should have not closed the case in 2013. Reporter today the officer of the child advocate says two years before bella bonds body washed up on the shore at deer island two cases of neglect against her mother rochelle were not properly investigate. The decision to close was based on insufficient then current information. Reporter the report says sell bond was a good parent. Which should hav