really hard to believe that with 40 homes damaged and receiving some type of damage not a single injury tonight. there is an ex10ive is clean up underway. >> i woke to the alert on the phone and then it was so quiet that you think they have it wrong. reporter: silence followed by chaos. >> it was crazy, really loud and lots of lightning. >> everything was shaking. we felt a lot of pressure against the walls. destruction from lexington road. an ef-1 using its powerful 100 mile per hour winds to send branches through the walls of homes. >> it sounded like a freight train was coming through. reporter: turning the roadway into a tangled mess of wires and trees and debris. >> it is like a jungle had grown in the road. there was so much sky where there wasn't sky yesterday. reporter: as the crews worked from the ground to the sky to clear an entire neighborhood

>> i cooperate -- i don't have the words. reporter: as quickly as the twister came it left. >> it all stopped at my house amazing enough. reporter: the remainder of the street is untouched. just a few steps away yards were buried. a site that some here thought they would never see. >> i am from new england. tornadoes don't happen. >> they do. >> i guess they do now. reporter: the clean up here workers actually are getting down on a wire there in the sky to get to some of these trees to make sure the tree branches won't come down at a later time. i can tell you in the last few minutes we saw one worker injured. he was taken away in an ambulance and he did appear to be conscious. we will continue to follow that story and bring you updates on that injury. live in concord, nicole

ed: governor baker walked the streets and praised crews for how quickly they were able to clean up saying they are lucky no one was seriously hurt given the strength of the storm. >> i think in many ways we all got hugely lucky on this one. >> there was literally tree debris almost as tall as i am strewn across the area. if you go there now you can walk from one end of the street to the other. ed: roughly 500 homes are still without power and crews jc: among those picking up the pieces a greenhouse drug leg already because of the drought. sean has that part of our coverage. reporter: as nicole just mentioned, clean up is moving along quickly as you can see behind me. most places are moving quickly in terms of cleaning up the trees, but up the road one family could feel the impact financially for quite some time. the owners of mill brooke farm

overnight, but it caused a lot of damage that will take a week or more to repair. the owner has run the place for 40 years, and they say this is the worst summer his family has ever faced. first a drought and now this. >> the month of july was terrible. i don't know. i can't remember. i have been in this business so long. i have never seen anything like this. reporter: the family farm does have insurance and today buying some of the plants. he says it is going to be awhile before he is back up and fully running. r now -- now that farm owner tells me they are still without power and he is hopeful to have power back on by tonight. live in concord, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: another area hit hard is marlboro. this storm shed was pushed back 50 feet and a locked steel fence broke.

at the height of the storm more than 3,000 people lost electricity. ed: harvey is here now. we expected the rain, right? harvey: yes. ed: a tornado? harvey: to have a tornado at that hour, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning, middle of the night is once in 50 years around here. we need the heating of the sun to contribute and clearly we don't have that. behind us here, ed,ou this is actually after the storm passed. there you go. no lightning and no thunder and you had to have a smartphone or weather radio to get the warning that occurred at 3:20. let's show you a little more information on this. it was confirmed as an ef-1 tornado and estimated winds were 100 miles per hour. a half mile was the path. it was part of a complex of

off the ground at 3:30. there were other damage reports. but severe thunderstorm was part of the complex of storms that came through. it actually gives them some beneficial rain. check that out. over an inch in worcester and almost an inch in providence. behind it, very big change in air mass. it lets you know that this was a very strong disturbance above us to be able to change the air mass that much. most of the fronts haven't done that, but this is a stronger the air is nice and comfortable and how long that will last. that's coming up in a few minutes. ed? ed: sky 5 over a deadly accident in lowell. a woman hit and killed by a truck. the driver just pulled into a parking spot and was told to move and hit the woman while backing up. the woman was not a teacher or staffer at the school, but had arrived to do work. jc: a park ranger is out on bail accused of secretly

bathroom in milton. we go to quincy with how he was busted. diane? reporter: the suspect was using a pen similar to this one to record women using the bathroom. 30-year-old raymond mckinon had nothing to say when he walked out of the courthouse after he posted $10,000 bail. in court the park ranger who works for the department of conservation says he secretly video taped wome uni-sex bathroom. >> it involves an investigation by the state police. she identified herself to a state trooper and indicated while going to the booth room she noticed the green light. reporter: the lifeguard noticed it where there were stacked milk crates in a staff bathroom. the pen was turned over to state police who said they

prosecutors say there is also video of the person adjusting the camera and based on the forehead shown they say several people identified him as mckinon including a state trooper who worked with him. the department of conservation and recreation released a statement saying in part, quote, we are deeply disturbed by the allegations and remain committed to assist state police as they continue the investigation. we are told mckinon has been suspended without pay indefinitely. he had several bail conditions including to stay away from victims and witnesses and the suspect's attorney declined to comment on this case. wcvb newscenter 5. ed: these two suspects are under arrest accused of robbing a woman studying to become a nun at knife point and stealing her rosary beads. ron daley law richard -- rhondella richardson has more. reporter: police are still looking for the rosary beads, but the woman who lives at this convent was not the only

six cell phones and a checkbook stolen from a man in weymouth. the victim is out of town, but mother olga says the young soon to be nun escaped the robbery without injury. thieves mistook the rosary pocket for a wallet and stole her rosary beads. >> she was a little shocked and upset. it was a tragic situation and -- they were walking down fifth street. >> there was a small struggle that ensued between the two. >> i have no money and that is when they took the rosary. reporter: they connected them to the house break. >> they came through a window? >> yes. >> and they took three phones. reporter: the victims say

lookout. >> were you even there? >> no, i wasn't. i was 20 feet away. >> it is obvious what they describe to me that they were disturbed and not in good condition themselves. to carry a knife i was also worried about them. reporter: one woman was released a personal recognizance. vanessa is being held on bail. she was arrested for heroin before. the co-defendant, according to police, they rhondella richardson, wcvb newscenter 5. ed: sky 5 over the state house that was evacuated. soughtering work triggered the alarms and then triggered the evacuation. they were among those who vacated the building before 11:00 in the morning and they were all let back in about 20 minutes later. jc: big changes come together mass pike that will impact the way we drive on it. the the state is not doing away with tolls, but toll

>> by the end of next year the toll collectors and the toll booths on the pike will be gone. we are learning new information about a controversial toeing policy in massachusetts. reporter: you probably noticed them. spanning the road overhead. they are equipped with sensors along the highway and replacing the toll booth. they say there are three guiding principals for this plan. >> it is about public safety and about air about congestion. >> here is how it works. if they have an easy pass tran tran -- transponder it will be put on the easy pass account. you will be sent an invase. the new system captures date and time and speed. the data well be used for billing purposes. >> not to allow us to enforce speed limits and we have no intention of using the data to enforce speed limits. we will keep it secure and

are concerned. they fear they could issue the speed data and it could be stolen by hackers misused by the state employees or a court case. proponents point out the benefits including the hot list feature that sends out an instant alert when a car with a specific license plate passes under the toll. >> the most frequently cited function is something like an amber alert. reporter: the first 30 days will be hectic a of the tolls. this will allow construction to be done in the center toll lane. open road following debuted on the tobin bridge in 2015. the plan is to have the same project on the pike by october 28th. with a full project completion date set for the end of 2017. wcvb newscenter 5. jc: you are looking at the southeast expressway where traffic is moving well. let's take a closer look

much faster mass ave to route 3. 25 minutes upper deck to 128. on the pike you are looking at a 16-minute ride. 93, newton corner and not bad at all. a little slow on the southbound side of 495 and northbound though is traveling just fine. that's a look at first alert traffic. >> wait until traffic is back. soon enough. we have a new warning about zika. >> the new state about a dangerous virus. ed: and ryan lochte lying about being robbed in rio. jc: and a tornado that picked up from last night's powerful storm. ed: why doctors say pushing a healthier lifestyle on teens

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stop. two officers had body cameras recording at the time. milwaukee's mayor said the video shows smith holding a gun when he turned toward the officers. >> i can tell you now viewing the body camera videos will not answer all of your questions. your questions will be better answered when the videos are viewed in the contest of all of the information that is gathered in the investigation. jc: the attorney general said the decision on when to release the video is up to the county district attorney after he decides when to charge the officers involved. ed: there are concerns that the zika virus could expand beyond florida. maria steph -- stephanos that new alerts are going out. reporter: zika fears are reaching as far north as new york city. they have crews out spraying as a precaution. >> what we know about the zika virus. reporter: meanwhile in miami students are returning to

reassuring for parent. >> they are putting it out with the planes. reporter: two areas are being identified as zika hot zones, but the virus spreading beyond florida is only a matter of time with neighboring states like louisiana recovering from the historic flooding facing the greatest threat jievment when you have a situation of flooding it leaves areas behind where the mosquitoes ca until you get the water cleaned up it is a hotspot for zika and west nile. reporter: calling it dire the cdc recommended pregnant women and their partners to stay out of miami-dade county and one of the challenges in fighting zika for health professionals, not all visitors and locals share the concern. >> i don't feel i need to worry about it right now. i am not in the first trimester of my pregnancy.

you don't see the issue until six to nine months when babies are born with birth defects. they need people to take action right now. jc: tourism is a $90 billion industry in florida and $20 billion in the miami area alone. while conditions are not ideal for travel there right now, the long-term impact, they hope will be relatively minor. >> now, your stormteam 5 forecast with chief meteorologist harvey harvey: we had to go through a tough storm in the wee hours of the morning. we are also keeping a clear eye on the tropics. there is a lot going on there. some is coming off the african coast. this could be the next named storm. it is something approaching the caribbean islands. and then we have fiona who is still around, but barely a low pressure area.

and the united states, but not really anticipated to intensity or come too close as things stand now. now, the other area which is tropical depression 7 this is what it is forecast to become. a tropical storm and then the hurricane. it would get the name gaston. it will be well south and east of bermuda five days from now. there is plenty to follow in the tropics. that is a long way away when you have so the tropics. things can change and we will stay on top of it for you. here is the tornado and we know about that. we talked about it and we have had a complex of thunderstorms that were strong and severe. in marboro there was a tree down and a large limb down and a tree down on framingham road. notice the same thing that was part of the thunderstorm complex that spawned the tornado. in sudbury two trees are

a large tree was blocking washington street and that was later as the storm was tracking northeast at 3:44 p.m. that was all -- a.m., rather. it takes an incredibly strong disturbance at high levels of the atmosphere to have a storm that strong at that time of the night. it does not happen that often around here. you know it was a strong disturbance because it has changed the air mass and it allowed this invigorating air to over spread the area. if youen windows yet, please do so. the air is just great that is coming in now. it is a steady breeze at 17 miles an hour and temperatures in the 60s in the birkshires. you know the air is cool above us and it is not only that, but the gusty northwesterly winds is dry as well. the dew points and humidity is well down and now we are in the comfortable and pleasant and refreshing range. we will stay there tonight, tomorrow and tomorrow night as well.

no 20s about that. now this is not going to stay around that long, but what a day coming up tomorrow. sunshine from start to finish with the very dry air and very comfortable high temperatures of upper 70s and low 80s. here is the way things will start to change. wednesday we start to heat it up some. thursday we start to add the humidity. a front will approach and move through in that thursday night and friday time frame. right now the next air mass me comfortable for the next weekend coming up. overall it is a quiet weather pattern except possible thunderstorms on thursday night or friday. about 3:00, 3:30 in the morning it was could i -- not quiet. ed: donald trump and hillary clinton are hitting the road in several key battleground

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deport millions of undocumented immigrants is now to be determined. >> at this poit it seems inconceivable he could soften his comments to go past the 50% mark and pick up some swing voters without alienating the core of 33%. >> i am asking for the votes of every single african-american citizen in thisou black voters saying they need to improve out reach to african-americans. >> the idea is to get at least a few african-american conservatives on his side and maybe convince some swing white voters that he isn't the nativist biggot the -- bigot the other side calls him. reporter: while hillary clinton is out spending her opponent the state department is reviewing 15,000 previously undisclosed e-mails of hers which the fbi recovered during

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from boston's news leader this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. ed: right now in concord they are cleaning up from a confirmed tornado. the national weather service says it was morning this morning. it was a half mile long and 400 yards wide. jc: 39 homes are damaged from the tornado. utility crews will work through the night to clear the downed power lines and trees. nobody though was hurt. and the overnight tornado may have been contained to concord, but another storm was hit by the storm and that is marboro. ed: we look at the extensive damage that happened while

was blowing against the side of the house. reporter: he would not know the storm if he hadn't witnessed it firsthand. >> i couldn't see out. >> that was the rain. the winds were so strong that it not only shoved this storage shed more than 50 feet it broke a locked steal fence. >> if you look at the gate there was enough force that it split the lock open. the wind snapped it and straightened it out. stand a chance. debris scattered across the parking lot, enough to fill a front end loader several times over. across town, a similar situation. >> it was about 3:00 in the morning and the dog went out of her mind. reporter: a barking kyra knew something was up. it was across from his walker street home, the top third of a huge fine had been sheared off ripping power lines down in the process. >> we have a skylight over our