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WFXT FOX 25 News At 6 August 22, 2016

Other areas. The tornado was on the lower end of the intensity scale, but for some homeowners in concord, the storm caused an epic amount of damage. The National Weather service says the tornado formed somewhere near cambridge turnpike, then headed northnortheast. At about 3 17 a. M. This morning, we received a report of a tree down. The reporter many more calls would come in, but all from within a tight corridor. The tornados path, 400 yards wide and half a meant some got lucky. Your house is fine. The reporter yeah, it was scary, because its so close to my house, but yeah, so far away. The reporter and some did not. Thats the one tree we left when we moved in. Now we have zero. In fact, just outside the swath of heavy damage, houses and trees untouched. That distinct path a strong marker for a tornado. You have one area where trees are down all over the place and the next house over has nothing. The reporter dozens of utility and tree workers flooded after the storm, the cleanup was well underway, but what a job ahead. And that job is going to include taking apart lots of very large trees. Theyre working on a big pine that fell here on the corner in lexington road. One of the things that people around here are kind of upset about is the fact that they have no power. Yeah, they want it get the trees cleared, but thats really a big deal, for them to get the power back on. We had about a thousand people without power this morning. Have not. One homeowner said it could be up to three days, thats what he was told, before they can get the lights turned back on. Live in concord, jim morelli, fox 25 news. Mark it is tough, especially on the days when we charge it seems everything around the house. Jim, hundreds and hundreds of trees were tipped over, uprooted like the big one behind you there. And our severe drought might have made the damage worse. The reporter yeah. That is what were told. Apparently the trees can tip more easily during a drought, standing against the wind, theyre like a lever, the wind pushes against them and knocks them over. Also, the trees lack water right now, so they tend to be very brittle, which is why we saw lots of trees snapping off way up top. Mark . Mark jim morelli, we have to let you go, because we have chainsaws, trucks all around him, a lot going on. We appreciate the report. Vanessa here is a closer look at the path the tornado cut through the Historic Town. It started on Chestnut Street and ended about a half mile chief meteorologist Kevin Lemanowicz joined morning news meteorologist shiri peer overnight to track the storm and kevin, just by looking at the damage from the sky and from the ground, you told me you had a pretty good idea this was a tornado before it was even confirmed. Kevin we can see in the damage from sky fox this morning, flying overhead, the trees that were crisscrossing or converging toward one another and laying across each other and that was indicative of a tornadic pattern and then there was the radar signatures, which were clear to us, there was a from marlboro to concord, and this is where the cell as it just came into concord. Well switch over to the velocity scan. This shows heavy rain. You know this scan, we talked about all the time with rainfall coming through. Its not often we have to look at selost its with tornadoes. With youre seeing a sea of red and green, its hard to pick out what youre looking at. You see the hooking or rotation and switch over to velocity and say this is where it is and theres a brighter red and green three dimensional, you have the red and green, winds blowing into the screen and winds blowing out of the screen. Different colors, different direction of the wind, and in the middle here, kind of nothing. A zero, or a turning point. So thats rotation. The rotation extends from the cloud, all the way down to the ground, right here in concord. So we knew that was most likely going to be a tornado that touched down. And lo and behold, 400 yards wide, thats four football winds. Thats why all the damage out in concord. Mark tornadoes in massachusetts are rare, but having one touch down while most people are sleeping, thats even more unusual. According to the National Weather service, in order to be nocturnal, a tornado must touch down between midnight and 5 00 a. M. The last time that happened in the state was more than 45 years ago in townsend, back in 1970. Before that, it was 19 news 9 an lynnfield. Vanessa this afternoon, Governor Charlie Baker headed to concord to see the damage firsthand. Anybody the fury and precision of mother nature, needs to take a walk along the route that was hit by that storm. Vanessa the governor taking a tour of the hardest hit areas. Our Christine Mccarthy was there, while he surveyed the damage and christine, there is an awful lot of cleaning up to do out there. The reporter there sure is, and this is the general area where that tornado first touched down early this morning, i want you to take a look behind me and just as you saw with jim, the hear the trees snapping here and there. It was in a neighborhood across from here, that we joined Governor Charlie Baker, this afternoon. 12 hours after the ef1 tornado tore through this concord neighborhood, Governor Charlie Baker walked this path, 400 yards wide, and a half mile long. Now strewn with fallen trees, and debris. This is the one that had the gas line underneath it. The reporter shaking hands with residents whose trees were uprootednd homes of the damage that hit the area. Lieutenant governor Karen Pew Alito expressed the importance of the Weather Service alert on cellphone, potentially preventing injury. The Technology Available soon after the storm hit the area, alerting homeowners and others through their mobile devices, that this storm was coming, and if they could take shelter and reach a safe place. The reporter baker himself said the community got lucky on is how much tree damage was done up there, and thankfully, nobody was hurt. The reporter and just in the last hour and a half, Concord Police confirmed to me that one worker has injured during the cleanup. What were told happened is he was with a group of crew members, that were trying to get a bundle of trees into a chipper. One of them popped loose and hit him in the head. Unfortunately, he had the good news is he was groggy but talking on the way. Live in concord, Christine Mccarthy, fox 25 news. Vanessa in the next halfhour, Storm Tracker meteorologist jason brewer takes us on an aerial tour of the damage. What he noticed from the sky about how the trees fell that was an immediate sign that this was in fact a twister. New at 6 30 p. M. Mark a park ranger is off the job, hours after he faced a judge. Police say the rager secretly recorded women inside a bath house at a popular park in in court for his arraignment and prosecutors say its very clear, he was the one who placed that camera. The reporter yeah. Investigators say thats because not only did ray mckinnon shoot footage of his female coworkers, he was also caught on camera himself, adjusting the camera while it was recording to be sure, he had the perfect angle. Accused of secretly videotaping women, ray mckinnon found himself on the other side of t quincy court. State Police Arrested mckinnon saturday after a female lifeguard using the staff bathroom at the Houghton Pond bath house noticed a green light coming from a corner. Upon further examination, she realized that that green light was coming from a pen. The Reporter Police say the pen was actually a camera and had been recording the lifeguards using the restroom. Once police downloaded the images, they say mckinnons face was caught on camera too. There is a video of the individual who placed the depicted in that video, several people have identified that individual as the defendant before you. We get a lot of attention. The reporter seen son Public Access tv, mckinnon has been a park ranger for dcr for more than a decade. Today, the park at Houghtons Pond was closed aces investigators there met with staff. My message for your victims. The reporter mckinnon and his family remained silent outside court, refusing to answer any of the allegations against him. In a statement, a disturbed by these allegations and remain committed to assisting the state police as they continue their investigation. Now, mckinnon has been placed on unpaid leave indefinitely from his job with dcr. He will be back here in court october 27th. Were live in quincy, katherine burcham, fox 25 news. Vanessa where is tom brady. Thats what everyone is wondering today after the pats superstar qb missed practice for noninjury related reasons on sunday, so whats going on here . Sports director tom leyden here now and tom, no surprise, the pats arent saying much. As we discussed on last nights fox 25 sports wrap, thats what leads to so much conjecture. Brady left the stadium before thursdays game, we dont know why. He missed the last two practices. We dont know why, and there could be straightforward spray places for all of it, but thats not the way things operate in foxborough, so fans are wondering, what is up with brady. Will that thumb limit his activity, is there any missing the last or behind him, missing the last two days . Bill belichick asked to provide clarification today. I dont comment on personal situations. The reporter short and sweet, but not so informative. The guy who is shouldering the load through all of there is jimmy garoppolo. He has started both of the preseason games and doing the interview on monday morning with weei, the ones that tom brady typically does. The guys asked this morning if jimmy g. Knew what was going on mine. It was like a game day. I thought he was going to start within an hour or so of gametime. It was pretty sudden. Just kind of how we roll around here. You never know when your number is going to be called, you have to be ready and it worked out pretty well. The reporter brady is expected back in foxborough tomorrow. I dont anticipate that we will learn much about whether hes expected to take any snaps against the panthers in friday. Strange vibe at gillette, compounded by this weird thumb injury. More intrigue than were used to in august. Were going to have more ahead in sports. Tom leyden, fox 25 news. Theep stealing rosary beads from a woman studying to be a nun. Why the mother of the convert believes those rosary beads save lives. Vanessa also ahead, is the states new toll system doing more than just collecting your cash. What else the system records about drivers and why some say its an invasion of privacy. Mark first, a woman killed when she falls out of a party bus. Only fox 25 takes you inside that bus tonight as we dig in to the inspection records of the fios is not cable. Were wired differently, which means we can fix things differently. Thanks for calling fios. This is ryan. You cant tell me this cord isnt in. I know its in. Its in, but its not working. Im sending you a link to the my fios app that going to let me see what youre seeing. Really . So you can clearly see whats in and whats out . Oh absolutely. I like that. Tech support that lets your technician see the problem over your smartphone. Only from fios. Mark fun night out in boston takes a tragic turn when two women fell out the window of a party bus, as we first told you at 5 00 p. M. , witnesses say the women were just trying to get some air when it hands. Vanessa now at 6 00 p. M. , only fox 25 is taking you inside that bus involved in the accidents and speaking to the companys owner. Fox 25s malini basu joins us live with the interview you will only see right here. The reporter were here at entourage limo in North Attleboro. The general manager walked us through a few of the buses. Women fell out of the window. For the first time, we are getting a look inside of the actual party bus involved in sundays accident, where one woman died and another was hospitalized. Fox 25 spokes exclusively with the general manager of entourage livery in North Attleboro. He doesnt want to be identified, because he feels it will hamper the investigation. The employee said that the crowd was a very good group of people. It was around 2 00 a. M. In the morning. Bo saying two women had been hit by a bus in mcclellan highway. On the bus were 20 Old High School friends who rented it out so they could party. The driver was probably doing about 45 Miles Per Hour and within a minute, it happened within one seconds. The reporter a woman on the bus, told fox 25 yesterday, that two women fell through a window, while it was traveling down the highway in east boston. The client came up front and said to the driver, you know, we over. And they jogged down the street for about a half a mile until they finally found him. The reporter the general manager says that bus has sliding windows, which are pictured here. He says, the only way the woman could have fallen out somehow, this handle would have to have come up and you know, that handle also, for the vehicle to window to open up. The reporter the manager tells us, each and every bus has these red stickers on them, saying, emergency exit. Another woman, on the bus, tells window to get some air in, and that no alarm went off. The bus driver and entourage on board told investigators they had no idea what happened. Saw some we feel horrible. Were at a loss for words. The reporter the general manager also tells us the last time the bus was inspected was two months ago and it passed inspection. The driver is described as a conservative driver, and has a police are not releasing their names. We learned tonight that one of the victims has been released from the hospital. For now, we are in North Attleboro tonight, malini basu, fox 25 news. Vanessa an elderly pedestrian was hit and killed by a truck in a School Parking lot in lowell this morning. Police say the truck you see here, parked at the school on adams street, but the driver was told immediately to move. Thats when the truck backed into a woman. Police have not released her name. The truck driver is cooperating with the investigation. Hundreds of people forced to evacuate the state house just before lunch today and tonight, state police say it was all around accident. Construction in the building tripped a fire alarm before 11 00 a. M. This morning, sending everyone outside, streaming out into the sidewalks. They were all allowed back in after about 20 minutes. Thats when police determined there was no risk or hazard. Mark Police Arrested six people including two teenagers after a big drug bust in southbridge. Police searched three apartments from the homes while teens kept an eye out for police. Inside, officers found heroin and crack. They are still searching for another man. Foxborough police are looking for the person in this video right here. Officers say the man is responsible for stealing a 2014 new England Patriots autographed helmet from skip jacks restaurant. It happened two weeks ago and the man reportedly skipped out on his bill as well. Police believe the man is from the wilmington area. Contact police if you can identify kevin heres the official statistics, that tornado this morning, 3 19 a. M. Or thereabouts, thats when we saw it on radar anyway. Pretty amazing. Pitch dark outside. Pouring rain and yet a tornado out your window, that was blowing 100mileperhour winds, a half mile through town, and it was 400 yards wide. Remember, football field is 100 yards from end to end. So four of those together is how wide this tornadoes was. Thats the path, unbelievable, believe it, theyve been telling me that all day long, but incredible, there were no injuries associated with the tornado. These are the last four that hit massachusetts prior to this one. None of these happened during dark time, nocturnal tornadoes. This one was in the morning, the revere tornado. You remember that one a couple years ago, that was an ef2. Nocturnal tornadoes, havent had one of those since 1970. Before that, 1958, so theyre exceedingly rare in this part of the country. The revere tornado, you may remember, was only when it happened. The one today was on the ground for ten minutes. It just was a little weaker. This one had winds 120 Miles Per Hour. Today was 100 Miles Per Hour. So thats the ef1 versus the ef2 and now all of it gone, youre left with beautiful skies, gorgeous weather, after beneficial rain did come on through. Its dry again out there. You might have a couple puddles leftover. Quarter of an inch in hyannis, same in beverly. Spencer, an inch and a half of rain today. Lowell,. 93 inches, almost an inch for you as well and boy, you need it. Temperatures for dinnertime are in the 7th, except for you in worcester. Warned you, youre going to slip into the upper 60s when superior court was going down this evening. 69 degrees. The sun is still up and its 69 degrees out there. Thats cool, crisp air moving in, at least for august conditions right now. Boston, hourbyhour, 72 tonight, clear skies, waking up to sunshine and 60 degrees at 6 00 a. M. In the morning. Even in the city of boston, immediate suburbs will be in you go out to framingham, 52 metro west. Out here to keene, orange, northwest of worcester, upper 40s for low temperatures when you wake up in the morning. Dont let that cool start head you, head out to the beach if youre so inclined. Bright sunshine anywhere your wants to go. Marshfield, quincy, lighthouse beach, 76 tomorrow afternoon. On the south shore, expect 80 in plymouth. 82 in bridgewater. Walpole gets to 82 degrees. Back here to the north and west danvers gets to 80. Cape cod mostly in the 70s tomorrow. Futurecast into the rest of this week, shows dry conditions, until the end. Thursday into friday, these showers are on their way, looks like theyre going to arrive late thursday night or early friday morning, youll see that in your sevenday forecast here. Were back to a dry pattern much of the week, but theres that front early on friday. Thats why the raindrops are falling right in there. Likely to be coming on through before the weekend and well dry out once again. Mark Gl

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