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today. it s 71, 65 in plymouth. and low 70s in nashua and through the merrimack valley metro west and 71 in norwood and taunton. 77 in chatham right now. a beautiful sunrise. no thunderstorms to worry about today. there will be at least a blend of sun and clouds for most of the afternoon. your planner goes this way. sun is up. nice start. we rise out of the 70s. 85 by a light breeze meaning a sea breeze kicks in the at coastline. 90 inland but the coast is mid to upper 80s. beautiful beach day with a sunset at 7:44. we will time out thunderstorms for tomorrow coming up. traffic and weather together breana. reporter: traffic is at a crawl on the leverett connector into the city. zakim is in better shape. we have a couple of trouble spots further north that i want to tell you about. in andover for a few exits from 45 to 42. you pick up speed for a while and then you hit a pocket of congestion and woburn between exit 36 and exit 34. to the south 24 north is slowing down ....
rain, we ve seen that today. i know not all of you are getting it. but the places getting the showers and storms are seeing torrential rain. the slight risk of a tornado, we ve seen twisting winds, that will diminish this evening, a threat, potential for strong wind gusts. reports of one tree down out in holden. if you have them send them to me on twitter. mark: skies looking ominous in men den. a viewer sent us this picture of a dark cloud. quite a shot. felt fast an furious, flooding the streets and these are two areas hitting the area. john monahan is live in milford, right in the middle of all the action so far this afternoon. john? the reporter: good afternoon, mark. yes, it is. i ll tell you right now, we re in the next down over from menden. we were here in the last hour, the rain let up though, at about last 30 minutes. about an hour ago, it was pelting, take a look at the shot about an hour ago. it shows the intersection back by route 16 and 109, it was jus ....
was a criminal investigation or if they were possibly looking into something accidental in nature, so we will continue to gather details on their investigation and of course, we ll keep track of the status of both of these children in the hospital right now. we are live in woburn, kerry kavanaugh, fox 25 news. mark: boston firefighters are beginning to give specific information about the massive fire that sent crews scrambling to river street in hyde park this afternoon. sky knocks was flying over the scene as we went on the air at 4:00 p.m. at 5:00 p.m. we told you the firefighters finally had it under control and now we r without a place to live tonight because of the fire. our crews on the ground showed crews beginning the process of overhauling the home. tonight, we learned three firefighters were injured. we had three firefighters go to the hospital. i believe at least two of them are heat related relate one what happens muscular. not serious injuries, around t ....
is that amazingly, nobody was hurt. an early morning weather shock in concord. at about 3:17 a.m. this morning, we received a report of a tree down. it would be the first of many reports of trees down. as the tornado rated in strength at ef-1, tore a tight corridor of destruction through one of the state s most historic town. 400 yards wide, half mile long. the reporter: the tornado started somewhere near mill brook farm on cambridge turnpike, where it sent a tree crashing through a greenhouse. i heard this real strong wind, you know, real heavy rain, and it scared me a little bit. the reporter: it then traveled north-northeast, causing the heaviest damage on independence road. estimated wind speed 100 miles per hour. it did a lot of damage, just in a small area. 39 houses were damaged, but only one suffered significant not fairing as well the trees, snapped, toppled and in some case, ripped right out of the ground. concentrating now on opening t ....
in new england. elizabeth: also tonight, a new hampshire state trooper turning in his badge forever. after he handed out this brutal beating caught on camera by sky fox at the end of a wild police chase. today, one of those troopers involved took a deal and avoided jailtime. mark: fox 25 s bob ward joins us live from nashua and there is some controversy here. the reporter: that s right. the issue here is were this former new hampshire state trooper should have had received jailtime. received jailtime. now a man who was beaten says the plea agreement shows two completely different sets of rules. i apologize to members of law enforcement especially those that were there that day, but most importantly, i apologize to the citizens of new hampshire. former new hampshire state trooper andrew monaco standing up in nashua district court pleading guilty, taking full responsibility for a case of police brutality, caught on video by sky fox. massachusetts, new hampshire ....