mark: it started with a fire, it lasted his whole career in boss. in boston. wow. but he was also there for our most emotional moments. the jersey that we wear today, doesn t say red sox, it says boston. mark: he showered victory. a drive to high r. right field. did he do it again? mark: as his fans shower him with love. how do you say thank you to someone who brought three championships to the city? you almost can t. mark: a lot of red sox fans tonight for sure. big, big weekend. we re heading down the homestretch and david ortiz storied career in boston as a pro-baseball player. elizabeth: this weekend is all about number 34. enjoy the last few days. the reporter: you know, else. it has been an amazing career. it s the first time the sox are back at fenway since they clinched the american league title. david ortiz trying to soak it all in. he s going to soak in some rain. the tarp son the field behind me. the game set for an hour for now. one of three
was downgraded. it looks like it peaked in intensity late yesterday evening as a category 5. watch the satellite imagery very losely, and the eye looking more ragged this morning. the bad news is it s still a cat 5 hurricane. so it s almost as strong as yesterday but slightly weaker. it looks like that weakening trend will continue. it will pass over jamaica and cus tuesday and over the bahamas as we head into wednesday and thursday. the track remains pretty similar to what we ve had over the last couple days. it slowed down quite a bit. at one point it looked like it would be up here probably tuesday or wednesday. now it looks more like wednesday or thursday some the track has slowed down about 24 hours. now, where it goes from here, some of our long-range computer models bend it back toward the u.s. east coast. some bend it over toward bermuda and eventually out into the atlantic. now, if it were to impact our meantime, already got some wet weather out there. flood advisory
the western fringe is positioned really from plymouth, a couple of light snow flurries from ducksbury, wareham gets more intense, right near the cape cod canal and through the mid-cape. these will taper off through early afternoon, but there may be an additional coating to as much as an inch or two near the cape cod canal. it is easy to move around because it s fluffy snow and mostly sunny for the rest of us. rising through the single digits to 20 at lunchtime. the snow will end on the cape. clear and cold, 23 for the ride home. we make rea bound tomorrow. we will talk about it coming up. let s get to the roads. robi? welcome back. good to see you again. you, too. it s been a while. happy new year. right back at ya. traffic is getting back to normal now that the holidayesare over and a lot of people, including yours truly, are back to work now. looking at 93 and the bridge. light to moderate volume now on 93 south into boston. are or on the other major routes. t
snow to move around and shovel and, out on cape portions of south shore. wind is other issue, that is the real issue with everyone else feeling the cold, that wind is driving windchills down below zero and feels like one below in boston right now. worcester feels like 11 below. fitchburg feels like 5 below and cape feels like lower teens. these are actually temperatures. and haven t seen cold like this here in southern new england since first part of march. so tomorrow s morning commute a shock to the system. not record cold, but considering that december was warmest on record again it is an adjustment to go through boston tomorrow more than these will be temperatures about 7:00 city around 13 tomorrow morning. worcester at 7. jaffry below zero. you ve got your self a cold day all day long. windchills even tomorrow afternoon still running into the teens. despite mostly sunny skies and your evening commute will feature dry conditions. but chilly tomorrow evening. holding out i
couple have been airlifted into boston. reporter: now officials stress there is no danger to the public. there s no chemical leak. there s no chemical cloud. none of that and you this comes against a backdrop of a deadly accident that happened here back in 2013. at that time there was an explosion involving the chemical try methel lindium killing a lab worker burning him over half the body. investigators appear to be setting up lights out in the parking lot and i guess they will be here sometime this evening investigating that. we will be here of course and bring you the latest as this newscast carries on. for now, live in north andover, ken macleod, wbz news. thanks and as ken mentioned some of the victims of that explosion were taken to lawrence general. and jim armstrong is there live where he has been speaking with doctors. what s the latest there? reporter: just talked with the chief of the er at lawrence general and gives us a update of what they were dealing