Primarily Tuesday Morning. In the short term we have some rainshowers just now exiting out of nantucket. Those rainshowers are part of a cold front. That cold front is moving through the area right now bringing gusty winds. You may have noticed your windows rattling here in the last couple minutes. Its that cold front. Low 30s tomorrow morning. As the first snow of the season heads their way. The task of keeping drivers safe on our highways however also lies in altogether of us. Fox 25s christine mcchargey joins us live with what we can do to help keep the roads clear. Christine . Reporter well, ted, a lot of us have been enjoying a very mill winter here in massachusetts. Thus far but that doesnt mean that mass dot isnt preparing for first snow of the season and if you will take a look the at these piles and piles of rock salt theres definitely getting ready. We dont wait for the snow fly to start making preparations. Reporter 380,000 tons of rock salt to be exact. All waiting at 150 m
The biggest concern i have . This Tuesday Morning commute. Slippery roads with snow and ice out there. You see the time line on this. Doesnt really arrive until tomorrow night. But it has snow, rain, ice, a little bit of everything mixed in. I am looking for the snow to be an initial burst and then changing over to that rain the little more snow as you travel to the north. Thats where the heavy total will be. In the meantime are were watching the last of the rain cull through. The cold air is moving in and you are going to in the the chill in the air tomorrow. Ill have much more detail in a few minutes. Phil . Phil breaking news from maledon now where police are investigating a hit and run. A woman in her 70s hit in the crosswalk just before 58. A s. U. V. Was seen leaving the the woman was taken to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries. Police are asking anyone with information to contact the maledep police. Right now, debit cards from the Quincy Credit Union are shut down until
Night alleging he used Human Growth Hormone after neck surgery four years ago. Force. The movie the force Awakens Makes movie history cracking the 1 billion in 1 days. Those are some of our top 28th. World news now. Good morning, everyone. We begin this half hour with the extreme weather in the south. The series of tornadoes ripped through the dallas area destroying homes and tossing around cars on the highways just like toys. At least 11 people are dead descended. Winds up to 1 0 miles an hour were recorded. Experts say these are the deadliest twisters to hit the Dallas Fort Worth area in nearly 90 years. One official says it will be maybe years before everything is fixed. Walking around and driving around the area, you can see it is total devastation over there in the area. Were very grateful that all this can be replaced. And to the north in missouri, at least eight deaths reported because of flooding. The governor has declared a state of emergency in that state. A Flash Flood Watch
Meteorologist a. J. Burnett tells us when the storm will arrive. A. J. we first have to get through tonight, which is basically cold temperatures, and anything that may be left on the ground from earlier today may tend to freeze up a little bit. Watch out for slick spots. No problems weatherwise through tonight. Tomorrow morning s commute is going to be just fine. Clouds are on their way out. Down to the south, there is that system stephanie was talking about, a large area of low pressure. Lots of snow in western texas. That is our system that heads this way after midnight monday night going into tuesday. The morning drive tuesday is going to be slippery, very slow, low visibility, and there will be a mix or changeover that takes place and causes the we will sort that out and put a timeline on everything coming up. Stephanie you can track the winter storm and get alerts about whether in your area on the storm watch 9 weather app. You can download it for apple and android devices. Sever
Parts of the magnificent mile, the high end shopping district of chicago. The demonstration part of the backlash against other Deadly Police shootings including black teen Laquan Mcdonald. If youre afraid of these streets to the point that you got to shoot first, you need to turn your badge in. So far mayor rahm emanuel sisted calls to resign, responding to the deaths of jones and legrier released this statement. Anytime an officer uses force, the public deserves answers and regardless of the circumstances we all grieve anytime theres a loss of life in our city. I want the mayor to understand that this is a message to you. You failed us before. But now its your time to step up or step down. Reporter alex perez, abc news, chicago. It could cost South Carolina taxpayers millions to display the Confederate Flag removed from the state capitol. The flag was removed after nine people were gunds down during a bible study last summer at a black church. Lawmakers voted to have the flag displaye