The National Hurricane Center has issued a hurricane watch for portions of Maine and a tropical storm watch for a large area of coastal New England as Hurricane Lee heads to the region
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“Typically, we would have to go out and do a survey to determine if it’s a tornado unless there’s visual confirmation, but we don’t have that yet,” Megnia said. She said the state is monitoring the conditions of dams in many communities and urged residents to take seriously any warnings of potential flooding and to stay off the roads when ordered.
John DeCicco, a retired school teacher in Leominster, said residents who started the day with dread and apprehension over a forecast for more rain were feeling more optimistic later in the day. He said residents of the close-knit community were helping each other clean up and opening their homes to others whose residences are uninhabitable.
Dawn Packer, who runs a North Attleborough home preschool, looked across the street Monday evening to see a UPS truck floating in several feet of water. Soon her yard was flooding.
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