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

i thought the skylight was going to collapse on me. it was pretty bad. reporter: national grid quickly rolled in of the more than 3,000 that lost electric truss tee by late morning only less than 200 were still off line. weather officials will be touring the affected areas to determine what exactly happened here. residents say it doesn't matter what they classify it. they are calling it scary. ed: was that a tornado, harvey? harvey: the other damage could have been microburst. we have talked about microbursts can do as much damage as relatively small or weak tornadoes. this was an ef-1. a half mile was the length. 400 yards was the width occurring at 3:20 a.m. that's an ef-1 on this scale about 100 mile per hour winds. that was only one of the damaged areas.

and to have something that severe at that hour, that is very, very rare here. and it shows an incredibly strong disturbance. it did produce some beneficial rains in the greater boston metropolitan area. that was definitely welcome. right now very comfortable air has come in. i will let you know how the dry, comfortable air lasts and we will take a close look at e the time. ed? ed: a man accused in a fatal stabbing in east boston is being held without bail. darius barry is accused of stabbing gauge smith to death last week during an altercation. barry appeared in court today on a murder charge after being arrested on friday. >> new at 5:30, growing support for the family of murdered student lizzie marriott as they fight a supreme court ruling. during the appeal the ruling

information that was sealed during the trial proceedings. in marriott's case for sexual history. this all despite the rape shield law. today the new hampshire coalition against domestic and sexual violence filed a brief supporting the marriott family. >> what we are arguing in this case is dizzie's right to privacy should survive her murder and survive the trial and survive the conviction and they should survive the appeal andey even though she doesn't have the same luxury. jc: it has been four years since marriott was raped and murdered. he is appealing and going to court next month. ed: this chelsea man accused of driving drunk and sideswiping a construction vehicle on 93 north . he drifted from his lane into a construction area where seconds earlier a worker was standing. he is charged with drunk driving and operating without

jc: these two suspects are under arrest. they are accused of passing counterfeit cash over the last few months. it is not clear how police eventually caught up to them. both are being held on $10,000 cash bail tonight. ed: the sera lund bridge is stuck. now thousands are dealing with detours and state transportation officials are assessing the damages. the bridge lifts to let the ships pass under and they were scheduled to close in november as part of a major replacement decide not to reopen this bridge for it remaining two months. jc: there will be no nasal vaccines given out this year. the nasal vaccine is not as effective as the flu shot. it only worked 3% of the time last year. the individual providers in massachusetts and new hampshire have also opted out of the nasal spray. jc: after weeks of de prices

though. that's still 54 cents lower than one year ago. industry analysts say the higher crude prices are creating the shift. ed: look at this. 5:35 on a monday afternoon. both directions. the traffic in the foreground is leaving town. that's moving quickly. the hov lanes are available and nobody is in it. i just hit the update button and we have the latest information available. you just saw this and it is still 25 minutes and it has been that way newscast. it is under 20 minutes right now. the first leg of the pike is under 20 minutes as well. you can see a little bit and let me go through the sequence here. you can still make it to 495 in pretty good time. that's traffic at 5:30. ed: new information about the toddler killed by the alligator in disney world.

ed: president obama is back home after his week vacation. jc: many of us do it, but how trying to eat healthy may have

you're watching newscenter 5 at 5:30. jc: troops in afghanistan are in a city at risk of falling to the taliban. they are helping train afghan forces there. the taliban recently seized a number of nearby districts and threatening to over run that city as well. jc: secretary of state john kerry is in kenya.

to move ahead with the deployment of a peace keeping force. south sudan initially rejected the force after recent fighting killed hundred of people. no word on when the peace keeping force will be sent in. ed: nicolas sarkozy wants his job back. he is 61 years old and he must first win the primaries in november where he faces competition from the prime minister as well as a favorite favorite -- the primeis sor -- sor co vee lost after one term. ed: president obama is back in the white house after these two-week vineyard vacation. he is now entering the final stretch of his presidency. as sally kidd tells us, he has a long to do list. reporter: after being blasted for playing golf on martha's vineyard while floods in nun dated louisiana, president obama will head to the flood zone on tuesday. the white house is saying the criticism is unfounded. >> the president has been

not frankly as concerned with the optics as all of you appear to be. reporter: the president and his administration are also on the defense regarding a $400 million payment to iran. >> it was not ransom. th was money that we owed the arraign yen government. reporter: the payment came in january as four american hostages were being released. >> the reason it happened at the same time is iran was in the business of signing off on agrets reporter: republican lawmakers are promising hearings on the matter. >> the obama administration will lose the pr battle. it is a sloppy move and it is an amateur move for a white house that is eight years into the administration and it is one that will enter into the conversation around the election. reporter: also on the agenda, congress will have just a few weeks to pass a spending bill to keep the government running beyond september. the president will also be pressing for funding to combat

vaccine. in september mr. obama heads to china and then is expected to hit the campaign trail with hillary clinton. in washington, sally kidd, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: new concerns about safety after a false alarm at new york's jfk airport. >> u.s. passports have a real emergency. jc: and wildfires in several west scorch land. harvey: the weather turns more comfortable here, but more active in the tropics. several disturbances we are following. we'll let you know the latest

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ed: new details about the toddler killed by an alligator. he bit the boy's head off and the father reached into the animal's mouth to try to free his son. investigators say the crushing bite and then drowning. the gator bit the boy as he bent down at the edge of the lagoon. a federal judge blocked the ruling that the public schools in the u.s. let transgender students choose bathrooms that match their gender identity. texas and 12 other states challenged the ruling calling

court. conflicting statements from a man who settled a child sex abuse claim. a retired police officer also says shortly before sandusky was arrested that the mandy need to him that the man was abused by sandusky. >> new developments into prince's death. they were said to contain the powerful opioid at the present fentanyl. they were discovered in bottles in his suitcase. he died of an overdose and they are trying to determine how he obtained the drugs. ed: a scare at jfk airport. a chaotic scene as people are dropping their bags and running and some ducking for cover. it is not just fliers, but security personnel seen running as well. it is believed someone mistook what was applause for the olympics as an active

no one was telling them the right thing. in fact, it was reported that several tsa agents shouted out someone has a gun. >> they want to look into the insurance department -- into the incident and see if there are reports. >> gawker.com is out of business. the website ceased operations and pushed into bankruptcy after losing a lawsuit to hulk hogan. hogan sued gawker for invasion of privacy after they most staffers will be assigned to other editorial roles at their other sites. jc: there is a new app called life stage is targeting teenagers. it encourages teens to take videos and put up a picture frame-like design on top. unlike snap chat you don't share it with friends. they have to visit your profile page to view your clips. they are hoping to attract teens who are turning to other

ed: some progress in california where crews continue to battle persistent wildfires. 23 fires are burning in several western states. firefighters are finally getting a handle on some of them. reporter: thick plumes of smoke over the state of washington as seven major wildfires burned. >> when i saw the cloud i knew it was bad. the closer i got here, the worse it got. reporter: three fires burning outside spokane. one is exploding in size overnight jumping from 250 acres to around >> gone up in flames. it is a gut wrencher. it hurts. reporter: jj anderson finding his neighbor's home like many others reduced to a pile of ashes. >> everything from the trips to the letters and graduation pictures, whatever. it is all gone with nothing to show. reporter: firefighters are all over the state and they are now on the attack hitting the

ground. it is the same across the rest of the west as 25 fires burn from california to nevada. and there is good news in southern california tonight. evacuations have been lifted on the blue cut fire. it burned more than 30,000 acres. it is more than 80% contained. jc: check out the time lapse video. a storm barreling through phoenix, arizona and the warning about this dust storm came in time for the arizona diamondbacks baseball team. the roof shut just seconds before the dust blew in which is good news because that is tough to clean up from. seriously. we think snowstorms are bad, but that sticks around forever. you know how much i love watching the tropics. things are starting to heat up a little bit. harvey: by the way, welcome back from vacation. the tropics said jc is back so let's get more active. jc: let's go.

disturbances we are keeping an eye on. things may change over time. we have lots to follow. check it out. you can see the different disturbances as they are moving. actually the one that is way up in here, that is what is left of fiona. it is a tropical depression. the winds are under 40 miles an hour and they won't reintensity. there are a couple we are watching here. this one east of the caribbean eye loondz. that has to be watched because it has a chance to get toward the vicinity of the bahamas or even the and then right here this is the newest tropical depression and this is what could become the next tropical storm. that one i mentioned that could eventually wander toward the bahamas and this is all of the different computer models taking it in that direction about five days from now. that will be monitored and the one that is like -- likely to be gaston, you can see where they are taking that one.

from now. the second half of august, september and early october is the peak of the hurricane season. it is like right on cue. it is getting more active. and speaking of active, you know the story. when you get a warning of a tornado that time of night is very, very unusual. maybe once every 50 years we get a tornado meaning the overnight period and sun to help it. it is needed in the upper level disturbance. it is a half mile long in acton. if you think of how frequent tornadoes are, in massachusetts anywhere from 1 to 3 is how we average a year in terms of tornadoes. new england afternoons -- averages eight.

it is a part of what happened here. we will need a lot more, but in the weather pattern i see i don't see that coming anytime soon. delightful and great to be out this evening and great to keep the windows open. we are in the 60s and the upper 70s in boston. great ventilation that will ease overnight. the humidity impact is all in the refreshing zone for great evening in boston. stays clear throughout. in fact, the next couple days, parts of our area may be hard-pressed to find a cloud. it will be close to perfectly clear. the winds will be gusty and become lighter later tonight. boston should bottom out at 59 or 60. that's the urban center of boston. 50 is very common and even 40s are possible. it is an ideal day. right around 80 degrees is the

and some in the low 80s. it is not as windy as today. keep it beautiful on wednesday as well. it starts to warm up. the humidity is tell fairly low. upper 80s could be around 90 and more humid on thursday. there is a front that will approach and there may booy a spot thunderstorm. it does not look widespread. we may turn a little less humid during saturday and citely cooler -- slightly cooler for the course of the upcoming weekend. very active in the will go to a pattern that is less active. very, very delightful. ed? ed: that is a killer whale. if you are curious what it is tossing, it is tossing the sea thank you del into -- the sea turtle into the air. there it goes. that's what everyone says. the guide on board the ship spotted the whale going after the turtle in may and recorded the encounter. the killer whales are not rare

at the typically prey on sea lions, dolphins and fish and occasionally turtles as you can see. jc: poor turtle. hopeful leahy got away when he was down there. eating healthy to stay hell -- healthy. ed: sounds easy. but it could lead to problems in young adults. >> and then at 6:00, live team coverage from concord where we are getting a closer look at the homes and businesses damaged in a confi t there. two women are charged with trying to rob a soon to be nun at knife . it wasn't money they got away with. big changes come together mass pike. it is called open road polling.

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ed: drug giant pfizer is buying it for $14 billion with a b. it is a big deal because it approved for sale in the united states. analysts predict the drug will generate more than a billion dollars in annual sales by the year 2020. a new study shows a job could be taking a bigger toll on your overall health. they analyzed data dating back to 1979 and by the time they hit 40 everybody reported some kind of health issue. but those least satisfied with their jobs had higher levels of depression and sleep problems than had lower mental

career. they also had more physical problems as well. jc: many of us eat healthy to keep the pa pounds away, but healthy eating may lead to eating disorders in teens. fad diets, the perfect body, things teens think about to be in the popular crowd. but doctors say this is something we should pay close attention to. a new report from a leading pediatrician group says doctors and parents should be careful pushing a healthy diet as it could with obesity rates rising and eating disorders like anorexia increasing doctors have made new recommendations like discouraging dieting and skipping meals which can lead to both owe peace tee -- obesity and eating disorders. a personal nutrition plan can be more effective with a positive body image. if a teen is losing weight carefully monitor weight loss. having family meals together are suggested to promote a

teens now and in the future. >> so if you suspect your teenager fits into this category you are encouraged to talk to their doctor and come up with a plan instead of continuing to push healthy eating. ed: it may start them on the right path with the right conversation. newscenter 5 at 6:00 starts right now. ed: right now, surveying stunning damage. a tornado tears up one community in the middle of the night. >> it all just lit up. it was so sudden and it came from no where. harvey: what made this such an unusual storm and the pattern change that ensued. >> a camera hidden here catching women in the restroom. what else it captured that lead to a surprising arrest. ed: and new at 6:00, open following stirring up controversy. >> new privacy concerns and why some license plates will be tracked. >> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 6:00. ed: dozens of homes damaged as a tornado rocks concord in the

our last nocturnal tornado in the um iser of 1970. the twister's 100 mile-an-hour winds caused a swath of damage about a half mile long. we have live team coverage beginning with nicole estephan who is live with the hardest hit area. nicole? reporter: let's start with the amazing thing here. despite little notice for those in the area, no injuries. and if you look at the damage behind me this is the most this was the beginning of the path. as you are about to see it was extensive. >> it all just lit up. it was so sudden. it came out of no where. reporter: an alarming wake up call followed by silence and then it keam. >> it was crazy. it was really, really loud. lots of lightning. >> everything was shaking and we felt a lot of pressure against the walls. reporter: an ef-1 tornado

playgrounds. 100 mile per hour winds sending wires plunging to the ground. >> it sounded like a freight train was coming through. reporter: residents from lexington alcot received alerts, but few had time to react. >> limbs of trees, trunks, everything down. reporter: this was sue ellen wheeler's backyard. not a blade of grass was visible. >> nearly 30 homes that look like this. downed power lines and for anyone familiar with the damage look up. reporter: 39 hom this is among the worst. shattered windows and a tree branch through the wall of the home. officials are warning residents to stay put while an extensive clean up project progressed from the ground to the sky. late on monday a worker injured in the process transported to the hospital. >> we are blessed,