Colder spots, merrimac value, southern New Hampshire. Even there, you shoot up to 50. Winds gusting 20, 35 Miles Per Hour out of the south. That will continue to increase, a couple of showers in here across Worcester County as well as south and west out toward bon of. Back into hopkinton, these north. Expect scattered showers over the next few hours. Later this afternoon, this line of rain yesterdayed down pours and strong wind gusts has to work on through. It looks like the timing of that between about 4 and 8 p. M. Temperatures even this evening are running into the 50s. So contend with that strong wind at times, gusting over 50 Miles Per Hour over eastern mass. In between 4 and 8 p. M. Quick, half an inch, to an inch of rain. Do expect standing water on the roadways. Reduced visibility. So a slow go for the rain and evening commute. Isolated wind damage too. Tree branches falling down when the winds start gusting. This all wraps up by midnight tonight. More on that sevenday forecast ahead. Also on 7, a crew rushing to the rescue. After a tugboat starts to sink in the harbor. Three people were rescued as it went under water. Jennifer egan live in east boston where she spoke with one of the men rescued jenn. Reporter all three men on that tugboat are okay. A little cold after spending time in the chilly waters. It turns out the captain of this boat has known one of the men he rescued for many years. Hes the man. We wouldnt be here if it wasnt for joe. My pleasure. Captain Doug Richmond thanking his lifelong friend for saving his life this morning after his tugboat sank. We heard the emily anne call reporter he was the captain of the boat two miles off of the shore of winthrop. Three we were about a half mile away. I could see his lights. The lights went out. And i could just the sun was just breaking the sky. I saw the tug the silhouette, and then it was gone. Reporter one of the men was in this life raft. The other two were in the water. The strobe guided in help. I got down in the water and just pulled them out. They didnt weigh anything. It was just like, come on. Reporter the men didnt have on survival suits just a floatation jacket like this one. Again, what its designed to do is just keep the torso out of the water so your lower extremities are still in there. Reporter they were only in the 37 degree water for a couple of minutes, about you any longer and the captain of the tugboat says they may not have survived. Very quick, its very sudden, partner shawn. Hes really great guy and i know hed do it for me. Reporter the coast guard is monitoring the area where the tugboat went down. They say it will probably have to be raised up out of the either with a. Live in east boston, jennifer egan, 7 news. Right now, residents in revere keeping a close eye on their homes after flood gates rushing through. The water frozen but now with the warm up comes the melting which is causing even more worries, 7s nickel olliveer i dont has a closer look. Reporter a revere neighborhood thawing out after record temps damaged homes with ice and flooding. When an issue like this happens, you cant prepare for this. Reporter sundays freezing temps cause add flood gate to remain stuck open. When high tide hit, it pushed sea waters into the streets. The water flooded and closed several inches of ice and frozen pipes and damaging homes. Theres nowhere for my water to go. If i run my kitchen sink, it comes up through the floor. My car was literally frozen in the ice. I didnt even open up the little shed there because i have a harleydavidson in there and im hoping thats not frozen in it. With todays warmer temps, beginning to melt. And right now, it appears without any issue. The city met with engineers yesterday to ae assess what more can be done. The only relief theyre going to get right now is basically keep that tide gate closed to prevent more water from coming in here. With the gates closed, people will cause more problems. With the incoming rain, im worried this will still come up and flood the area and if they dont allow the gate to go back open and allow it to come back out. Reporter basically they want to make sure theres a back up to make sure theres a way to manually close them in case it ever happens again. News. Michael mccarthy is scheduled to make his First Court Appearance since he pled not guilty to murder last month. The judge ordered him held without bail. Twoyearold bellas body was found inside a bag you were didded on deer island last june. She was known as baby doe for months while police searched for her identity. Her mother is charged with covering up the murder. A man is under arrest after a hit and run in auburn and police say he is repeat offender. Investigators say this man, scott tatro slammed into another car on route 20 and drove off. Time. This is the 6th time this worcester man has been arrested for driving under the influence. The 17yearold, meantime, who is accused of drag racing before crashing into this home in lost control of his car drove over several lawns then crashing into the garage causing all of that damage. He and two teenage passengers had to be treated for minor injuries. A funeral being held today for kaitlin clavette who was killed in the accident involving that manhole cover. Clavette was on the way to work on friday when a manhole cover became loose on i 93 and crashed through her windshield. She was an Elementary School art teacher in milton. She was 35 years old. New details this noon now, Pope FrancissSex Abuse Commission says all bishops must report all cases of sexual abuse to police even if local laws dont require it. This is echoing a statement by bostons Cardinal Sean omalley who says they have a moral and ethic responsibility to report suspected statements of abuse to authorities. It comes after says its only up to the families and victims to the mayor of somerville an everett. It has Health Concerns over the 1. 6 Million Dollar project. Hes worried increased traffic going to the casino longstanding casino. A grand opening for the states largest medical marijuana facility in lowell was the fifth registered medical Marijuana Dispensary in massachusetts. Locations in boston and greenfield later this year. In the race for the white house, now former president george w. Bush has mostly stayed out of politics since he left the presidency, but he was out campaigning for his younger brother jeb in South Carolina on monday. Jeb has been trying to break out of that pack of republicans led by donald trump, while george directly. He did reference the i understand that americans are angry and frustrated. But we do not need someone in the oval office who mirrors and inflames their anger and frustration. While, judge eb bush is trying to handness his brothers popularity. Sam slammed how he handled 911. Democrats looking to to the next primary state, Hillary Clinton is in nevada, where she gave a speech on race. Former president clinton campaigning for her down in florida today. Today, Bernie Sanders is stumping in South Carolina. Yesterday he was in flirnlt, michigan, meeting with families impacted by the water crisis there. The United Nations in the world, remembers boot cross, boot cross gall lee. He with as the secretary general in the early 1990s. The veteran egyptian diplomat helped to negotiate his countrys peace deal with israel. Coming up at noon, a truck driver lucky to be alive after this crash course down in miami. Hows garbage truck ended uptaking a midair on the highway. The freak accident that cause add teenager to be carried off of the truck. The temperatures into the 50s for us this an. We do contend with a gusty wind. Perhaps damaging wind gusts and a he can soing rain this afternoon, timing ahead. Later, it was a star studded night out in los angeles. A recap of last nights grammy causing rescuers rescuing a 90yearold woman captured in her home. They carried her out on a stretcher. A tornado tore through the area in the panhandle. It caused a lot of damage there. Video. Here, overnight the neighborhoods, the ice and sludge was frozen over. But its good now. Youre looking on the driveway, see that skating rink, i got to shuffle to the car, fall. Thats ice, though, melt down mode, big time. 55 in winthrop, 56 in waltham. Reading at 53. The cold air was stubborn this morning. Beginning to ease above the freezing mark, up to 42. Merrimack valley, still colder spots, where the cold air is very shallow, you may be driving along and the car thermometer 35 goes up to 45 degrees as you go up in elevation a little bit. Where we do have mild air circulating, across the pike and southeastern mass. Not only sir passed the 40s, but well into the 50s. 57 degrees in foxboro. Contending with some showers, a couple of showers rolling through the weston to, all the way back into hopkinton, jogging off to the north very quickly and couple scattered showers off to the cape. Nothing particularly heavy at this hour. Thats a different story west of the city. You see this huge sign of showers, even embedded thunderstorms with this. This all has to work through later on this afternoon and into this evening. Really between 4 p. M. And 8 p. M. As the height of this storm, the strongest wind gust and some of the heavier rain fall amounts coming out of it. Pretty good chance of down pours during the evening commute. If youre headed out between 4 and 8 p. M. Do expect torrential rains maybe a few rumbles of thunder and then after 8 00, it. Where as unfairly quickly, in terms of the winds diminishing and begin to dry out. Tomorrow morning, back to partly cloudy skies. Partial sunshine through the day. Temperature tomorrow in the 40s, not too tough to take by february standards, especially after the cold weekend we had. Quick half an inch, with down pours later this afternoon and into this evening. Otherwise, not expecting a lot of lingering issues overnight tonight. Temperatures falling back below freezing, some of the bigger puddles may freeze on up. 26 to 34 overnight tonight. And that rain will taper off and clear skies out overnight tonight. Partly sunny, nice day, 42 to 48 degrees is the range tomorrow. Gusty wind, certainly see that later on this afternoon. More on that over to danielle. We have a high wind warning in affect for this yellowish here until 10 00. The beige areas also under a wind advisory until 10. So these areas could see wind gusts anywhere from 50 to 60 Miles Per Hour. We could see trees down, power could be disrupted as well. Heres your wind timeline as we head into 5 30 tonight for your commute later on this afternoon. This is really when the winds are looking like they will be the strongest, theyre out of the south, gusting close to 60 Miles Per Hour on the cape and right around 40 Miles Per Hour in boston. As we head into dinner time, theres still very strong but dying down a little bit. As we head into the overnight hours, start to turn westerly and start to taper off. The good news, by tomorrow morning, theyre really calm. As quick as this system is moving in, its going to move out, too, ha, chris . It is. Thats why i do expect some sunshine for tomorrow. And dryer conditions. Tomorrow into thursday, not whole lot. On thursday, cold air does work in. Back into the 30s which is seasonable for this time of year. Maybe a shower, although overall mainly dry day. Same case on friday, in terms of being mainly dry out there. Friday night into saturday morning, snow showers, transitioning into rain showers. Scattered rain on saturday. Overall over the weekend, temperatures running in the mid to upper 40s by each saturday and sunday afternoon. Chris, thanks so much. Theres a new report out, that finds city workers in boston have a long ride to and from work every day. It. According to the globe 106 suburbs. Boston payses for the maintenance. Payroll records show workers driving city vehicles were paid an average of 190 thousand last year. Still ahead, a highway horror. A garbage truck takes a bad turn crashing onto the street below. A teenager sidelined after a freak accident on the basketball court. Why School Officials if you live in massachusetts, are 65 or older, and covered by masshealth standard, heres something important to know. Now you could get even more Health Benefits than you already have, at no cost to you. Its the unitedhealthcare senior care options plan. 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Reporter in pieces it sits under the lights below in miami where it landed after plunging off i95 monday evening. It happened as he was travelling south on the i near the southwest 7 street exit. The truck break into the railing and it was surprisingly loud. Reporter he had just finished playing basketball at the park. The sound of the truck breaking through the concrete barrier attention. You just see the the truck falling in midair and it felt like it was in slow motion, felt actually hit the floor. You know when you hear landing on dry land, kind of like that, like theres an explosion. Reporter at least 100 foot vehicles. The cab broke apart prosecute contains the garbage, sending a plume of smoke across the park. A piece pierced the roof of a building. Amazingly the driver survived. Looking at trash under the other victims. Reporter no one was injured. Good news, because consumes were closed for president s day and children. Thank god there werent any kids here playing to get hurt. Very lucky guy. The driver is lucky, but the question now for the florida Highway Patrol is what caused him to plunge off of the highway. That was 7s alex defraud dough reporting. The truck driver still remains in serious condition and they are investigating what caused him to swerve off of the road. Up next, cause for concern homecoming . It s awesome. But with the Citizens Bank education refinance loan, it gets even better. R you know those people who pay a little extra t and get all the legroom in coach . That could be you, t if you refinance your Student Loans. I can refinance . Yes, you could replace your current Student Loans with one new loan and save money on interest. Sounds easy it is easy so, treat yourself to something from that inflight magazine. Or save up for a new car, a wedding or a down payment on the home of your dreams. Have a question about how much you can save . Ask a citizen at 18669990242 absolutely wild story here. 14yearold basketball player is recovering after a freak accident that happened in the middle of the game. The wisconsin girl fell and was stabbed by a floor board. For this one. Now quiet field house was filled with confusion sunday afternoon as a player went flying into the floor and couldnt get up. The officials said, what do you mean, are you hurt, and she said, theres a piece of wood stuck to me. The 14yearold wisconsin court. The board had split in the middle and stuck into the young player. Her mom, the coach was quickly by her side. It was 3 to 4 inches long and in in some parts probably between a quarter of an New Hampshire inch deep. Minutes later, emergency crews showed up and everyone asked to leave the gym. We thought they were going to have to remove the entire board and take the board to the hospital. They didnt have to do that, but the 18yearold was loaded none of her internal organs were hit by the wood. I never heard of anything like this happening anywhere. He was surprised it happening here, since it was only 15 months old. It should be permanently fixed in the a next week or so. I got a term in here a few weeks ive got every belief well be playing on the court as well. Reporter hes confident the court will hold up and doesnt expect any legal action by the school district. Kind of like a strike of lightning. It was a complete fluke. Reporter hoping unlucky lightning doesnt strike twice. I think sometimes strange things happen and theres no explanation for the phenomenon. The injured teen is expected to play again in just a few weeks. Thankfully shes okay. Never seen anything like that happening. Like he said, strike of lightning. Thank god shes okay. Winners and performers at the grammys. Forecast ahead. Didnt need an inspirational teammate who is making a big impact on and off the court. Tugboat running into some trouble in boston harbor. Detail i feel too young to be this old. I just want to be her mom, not her fulltime job. Im the boss of me, but sometimes i need a little help. If you or a loved one has masshealth, call Commonwealth Care alliance to find out about senior care options. Aging happens. A messy mix overnight. Leaving an icy scene behind. New englanders woke up to sides, sidewalks, and streets encased in ice this morning. Thanks for sticks with us. Especially us without garages. I was jealous, thinking about that when i was scraping my car. My husband had to scrape his car. Im the one that gets to park in the garage. Sorry. Not really. Started the car and then you roll down the windows after the car is warm inside and the window will actually go down and then you have a sheet of ice sitting there and i just started poking the ice and breaking it that way, versus trying to scrape it off. It was a tough scrape, you really had to approximate out a little bit of elbow grease into scraping it off. 51 in worcester, 48 in boston, 44 in lawrence, weve lost that cold air, if youre fortunate enough to sleep in this mor