Gov. Maura Healey paid a visit to the city on Tuesday afternoon to survey damage from a rain cell that stalled over Leominster on Monday evening, dumping what officials estimate was upwards of 11 inches of rain in a matter of hours causing massive flooding in many areas of the city and a state of emergency declared.
The Twin Cities have received more than their share of precipitation this soggy summer, but nothing comes close to the incessant storms that battered the area on Monday. Inundated by rain, Leominster continues to assess the damage from that torrential outburst, which spawned extensive flooding that damaged schools, washed away roads, and prompted evacuations across the city.
Heavy rain occurred in parts of Massachusetts City, causing flooding concerns in parts of Northwestern Boston. NWS reported that flooding and heavy rain would continue in the Northeast, Upper Midwest and Southern Plains. Read here.