Officials here. First of all, it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely based on the forecast we had last night but we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage and we have thousands and thousands of our fellow citizens whose lives are upside down because their businesses and or their homes have been damaged and we have lots of challenges around the state to say the least with a variety of things whether electrical power, Water Service or you name it and we have a lot of work to do but we are in better shape today than might have been the case and so we have a lot to be thankful for as well. As you know by now im sure hurricane laura made landfall as predicted last night or i should say this morning at 1 00 a. M. As a very strong category four hurricane with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. This was most powerful storm to ever make landfall in louisiana and it is still a powerful storm that is in the state of lou
Governor John Bell Edward said the storm is the strongest to hit his statement did not sustain the catastrophic damage that had been forecast parties joined at the briefing by other state officials. Good afternoon and thank you for being here this afternoon. We have our usual lineup today the officials here today with m me. Chip klein is going to speak in just a moment. He is of course chairman of the cpra he will talk about coastal flooding we have secretary of department of transportation and development, shawn wilson who will speak in a little bit on roadways. And then we have fire Marshal Butch browning who is here to answer questions that you might have about the fire at the Chemical Plant and west lake. And obviously you can ask questions of any of the officials here. First of all it is clear that we did not sustain and suffer the absolute catastrophic damage that we thought was likely based on the forecast we had last night. But, we have sustained a tremendous amount of damage.
Salisbury at 71. 67 in natick. 66 in mansfield. All talking dry conditions down across the south shore with upper 60s. Sandwich at 68 and the vineyard at 69 degrees. Your day planner is going to feature a chance for a spot shower this morning specifically around that 7 a. M. Shower in boston. 84 and humid. Highs in the upper 80s and we will time out those clears skies tonight. Julie, back to you for live drive time traffic. Julie north of the pike, route 1, 93 fine. Bright green on our traffic maps signals. A speed limit ride. Concentrated red on the oneill tunnel on the expressway northbound. Overnight construction crews arent cleared out until 5 a. M. That is what is likely driving up that drive time to 18 minutes on the expressway. Otherwise it is typically an eight, nineminute ride from the braintree split to the a teenager is set to be in court after a crash that killed his friend. Malini basu was a vigil where hundreds of people came to mourn the victim. Reporter at 18 year old.
Hour one of those victims stuck in that crosswalk did not make it. Fox 25s malini basu is live at the scene now with the latest information. Malini. Reporter thats right, elizabeth and mark. Within the last 45 minutes or so Boston Police have confirmed for you us that a woman in her 70s has died. Meanwhile the other woman is still in the hospital. Were being told that she will be okay. Now police are trying to figure out whether it was sun glare that caused that crash right here at this very crosswalk. Boston Police Say Two elderly asian women were crossing westbrook line and tremont streets when they were hit by the driver of this nissan murano. One woman in her 70s died. The other is expected to survive. Skyfox was over the scene moments after it happened. I saw a distraught jogger who was obviously appeared to be the driver of the accident and just from talking to people i understood that she clearly hit two people in the crosswalk. I looked outside the store there were a couple fir
This is fox 25 news at 10 00. Breaking at 10 00 one of the women hit by a car in bostons you southend today has died. Hello everyone im mark ockerbloom. Im elizabeth hopkins. We showed you the huge police scene at 5 00 and 6 00 within just the last hour one of those victims stuck in that crosswalk did not make it. Fox 25s malini basu is live at the scene now with the latest information. Malini. Reporter thats right, elizabeth and mark. Within the last 45 minutes or so Boston Police have confirmed for you us that a woman in her 70s has died. Meanwhile the other woman is still in the hospital. Were being told that she will be okay. Now police are trying to figure out whether it was sun glare that caused that crash right here at this very crosswalk. Boston Police Say Two elderly asian women were crossing westbrook line and tremont streets when they were hit by the driver of this nissan murano. One woman in her 70s died. The other is expected to survive. Moments after it happened. I saw a