all of the damage, he toured the area with cleanup crews just a short time ago. that storm knocked out power to a lot of people. >> anchor: that's right. right now crews have a lot of cleaning up ahead of them. we have reporters covering every dangle of the story both from ground and air we'll start with team 7 coverage with dan hausle who is live there on the ground in the middle of all of that damage. we can see them cleaning up behind you right now, dan? >> reporter: that's right. you get anywhere cle the damage and clean up has conditioned here for hours and hours. you see these huge pieces of machinery trying to clear out the debris that has been strewn around by all of these winds that the governor and many other officials agree everybody is lucky to get out of this without more serious damage. the ef 1 tornado cut a path of destruction four football fields wide blowing residents in its path out of their beds.

it was absolutely insane. >> reporter: jenna couldn't believe trees blew down all around including this big one that just missed her house. i woke up in like three minutes later i had like ran to each side of the house and then i could go outside after about three minutes. but it was, it literally felt like something just sort of wash through. >> anchor: officials say it's clear this a tornado caused all of this, tossing trees in different directions and twisting them off halfway up the trunk. i am just really amazed when you get out there to really look because you where trees are down all over the police and next house over has nothing. >> anchor: winds reached 100 miles per hour and the twister stayed on the ground about a half mile. it damaged 39 homes, but only one suffered serious damage and no one was hurt. he immediately got his family up, he started to feel the storm coming and they went right down and took shelter just as they should so early warning saves lives. >> anchor: a national weather

owners a 15 to 20 minute warning blasting them out of their beds with a 20 second alarm siren through their cell phones at 3:00 in the morning. one resident directly in the path of the tornado. before us we open up roads, get their electricity restored and make the situation safe. this is an area to avoid and leave it to the experts to clean it up and have to be in the area the officials tell me the number of people without power has been reduced by about half. 500 people without power the most of them, they say, will get power back by the end of the night but those up in the hardest hit area up on the ridge they say may take into tomorrow or the next day to get full power restored. live in concord, dan hausle, 7 news. >> anchor: lucky to one was injured. the clean up continuing, spread out all around town helping home owners clear all of those trees.

problems. byron barnett got a ground tour of the area, he joins you now with more on what he saw. byron? yeah, the damage is really amazing. most of it on lexington road in concord and some of the roads right off lexington road so behind me some examples of the damage here. look at this big tree just toppled over right in the front yard, this homeowner here, a lessdown we talked to say it only lasted for less than a minute but the damage left behind obviously unforgettable. fallen trees from the roads and taking down trees about to topple over. all from the violent tornado that ripped through concord just before 3:00 a.m. i grabbed him and then as we were going down the stairs the two windows just kind of lit one lightning and sheets of rain and huge noise.

fallen limbs. this home the worst hit, the tornado roaring over the backyard pool breaking windows and the force of the storm leaving a branched punched right through a wall inside. this is a close you view of some of the tornados damaged. you can see this massive tree has been uprooted by those fierce winds, officials say that the drought like conditions we've been having may have contritted to the number of trees knocked down. the ground is so dry, we had a lot of trees that were down that usually if the grounds helps hold trees in. >> reporter: this car smothered with i a fallen tree, many residents were awakened by an emergency alert on their cell phones just before the tornado hit. it beep, beep, beeped then said alert, there is a tornado alert. then i checked my phone and it gave instructions. it said get to shelter the loud rumble shaking and fierce winds a storm the likes of which no

before. how out the window it looked like were you florida blender and making like the nastiest spinach green drink, all of this green leaves were flowing around windows then it was something, it shook the house pretty good. now you may not know it but chances are your cell phone is equipped with those tore mid oh warning alerts. it's probably there if you did not opt out of it. many of the residents around here we talked to say they had on their phones but now they are certainly glad that they were. that's the elive in concord, byron barnett, 7 news. >> anchor: byron, thank you. governor baker getting a firsthand look at all of the damage, 7's tim caputo is live concord where the governor just wrapped up his tour. tim? that's right. the governor was here taking a local all of the trees that came in down. see all of the work they have been doing so far. this tree fell over overnight

as well but the good news out here and the governor echoed that as well is the vast majority of homes have been spared from the damage out here. the governor came out here with the lieutenant governor a short time ago to walk up and down this about half mile stretch with this ef 1 tornado hit overnight. the damage hit an area about 400 feet wide and luckity most of that area was just trees. while there are homes scattered throughout that area, the vast part the injury of damage we a are trees coming all of the damage this tornado did, people should consider themselves lucky. i think major point i just want to make is how lucky i feel we have been here given the ferocity of the storm and the fact that there was not in fact any damage to anybody in a very limited damage to property because you walk through there

karenage and all those down trees and all the rest and you can't even believe that it didn't have an impact on people or on the homes up in the area. some ways it's a little bit of a relief. . >> reporter: become out here live you can see how lucky some people can consider themselves today with this tree falling into the front yard of this house. this huge tree would have fallen back in the opposite direction clearly would have caused a lot of damage to that emhospital emergency management state they have been all day. they will assess the damage throughout the day to see if further financial assistance will be needed in the coming days, weeks and months of the that's latest live in concord, tim caputo, 7 news. >> anchor: the storm giving us impressive images from above as you can see here sky 7 hd in concord showing many of those uprooted trees damaged to homes and our own jonathan hall is live for us right now in sky 7 with a closer look at all of the

good afternoon. we're about 1,000 feet above this neighborhood where the twister hit in the middle of the night as people tried to sleep. a live look now as crews continue to try to resore would question. they try i to get trees remove it is a herculean task. it's going to be a long term job. the violence of the ef 1 tornado evidence from sky 7 hd. it hit one of america's most historic communities. the experts say this twister four football fields wide and touchdown for a half mile near concore's famed battle road trail. more than three dozen homes suffered some damage, it looks like this large estate got the worst of it with several trees striking it. trees toppled into the homes, swimming pools, men retrieved debris including a lounge chair from the water. lexington road and other streets had to be shut down as a worked to pick up and remove giant trees which blocked traffic. one brave worker seemed to be getting a thrilling ride as he

working over time, armed with chainsaws and wood chippers, they have their work cut out for them. you can see large trees snap like tuition as the twisters big winds kicked up. some people got lucky, they lost trees but they fell away from their houses and sleeping residents. look at the roots ripped right out of the ground here, a sign of the twister's power. you can see this white crane has been working all afternoon. it is lifting huge thrilling site from sky 7 hd. clean up will be pricey. damage anyone's guess here but you can be sure insurance adjusters are on the ground to tally it all up. reporting live aboard sky 7 hd, jonathan hall, 7 news. >> anchor: jonathan, thank you. of course this is not the first time the state has been hit but a tornado. springfield had a devastating twister back in june of 2011 killing several people. the damage so bad the governor declared a state of emergency and just two years ago a tornado ripped through revere.

ripping roofs off homes. winds clocking in as hi as 120 miles per hour. that was the first tornado to hit suffolk county in 60 years. let's head over now to chief meteorologist jeremy reiner with a look at the path of this latest tornado. >> anchor: the thing about the revere tornado and this tornado, no injuries. no deaths. remarkable. so again john went over this a little bit in his report but the width of the damage path about 400 yards on the ou around a half mile in length with considerable tree damage which the drought may have contributed to that of course the tornado all by itself will do tree damage but with the soil very dry normally a tree rooted in soil with normal amount of moisture would hold firm but in this situation just knocked it over. the other thing too about this, the first overnight tornado since 1970, rare indeed and then even more rare the fact it happened overnight. so we take you back to 2:50 this

hook on the backside of the line of thunderstorm activity and downpour activity moving through marlborough. the velocity data, green and red that together suggested that there was likely rotation. it was then at this point that the national weather service went ahead and issued the tornado warning for the cell right here. you notice concord there at 3:10 so remarkable and an awesome job by the national weather service they were able to give a head warning upwards of 15 to 20 minutes. that's outstanding work by the national weather service. concord again the green signature and red signature indicating the rotation in that cell and as we talked about here the most significant damage focused rye here in this portion of concord thankfully though no injuries, no fay and no more storms on way this week. we'll talk more about the week ahead coming up in a few minute. >> anchor: we'll continue to follow the latest on the tornado in concord. stay with 7 news on-line and on air. we will have continuing coverage

>> anchor: and breaking news about a deadly party bus accident in east boston. the bus company now saying two women fell off the bus. they were hit by the bus. one of the women died. the other is still in the hospital. the company says one of the women was repeatedly trying to open the window to get some air. the driver of that bus has not been citedment we're following a developing story now. brian lochte is losing a lot of money, at least three big companies announcing they are cutting ties with the after he admitted lying about being robbed. >> anchor: tonight the first blow to u.s. limbian ryan lochte's wallet came. ralph lauren said it's not renewing lochte's endorsement contract. so did a hair removal product and his longtime time swimmer sponsor speedo said it too was cutting ties with the swimmer. speedo scolded lochte in a statement saying "we cannot condone behavior counter to the values this brand has long stood for. " it was me.

for everything. >> reporter: it comes just two days after lochte admitted to mat pat lawyer he wasn't truthful about what happened after a night out drinking with his teammates. i left details out which that's why i am in this mess. i left certain things out and i overexaggerated some parts of the story. >> anchor: the u.s. livic committee said it's considering punishment and the three teammates with him at the rio gas station where lochte is accused of damaging a bathroom. columnist even called for him to be banned for four years which would keep him from competing for the u.s. in the 2020 tokyo games. but sports journalist mike lupika said people junning lochte need to keep things in perspective. i don't think it rises to the standard of giving him the death penalty in his sport. >> reporter: it's a night out that will cost ryan lochte a lot more than the cash he handed over to the security guards at that rio gas station.

tearing down a foster inside the gas station bathroom. >> anchor: we're following more news today. a federal judge in texas is blocking a ruling by the obama administration. the order requires public schools to let transgender students use the bathrooms and locker rooms that are consistent with their gender identity 1 states including texas peeled to courts arguing that directive is unconstitutional. turning now to the race for the white house, donald trump may be changing undocked immigrants. his new campaign manager said the plan to get rid of 11 million people living in america is now "to be determined." meanwhile hilary clinton continues to face criticism for her potentially sensitive e-mails, the state department is now reviewing nearly 15,000 previously undisclosed e-mails that were sent during her time as secretary of state. >> anchor: still to come this evening, a disturbing crime. two women accused of rocking a

worker under arrest accused of spying on women in a public bathroom. >> anchor: plus, a dangerous drive in florida. a woman trapped and in trouble after her car careens off the road. >> anchor: then in just one hour, cause for concern. the department of transportation debuting new electronic tolls but many are questioning whether the new system could be an invasion of privacy. >> anchor: we continue to follow breaking news. a tornado tearing through massachusetts, concord residents

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>> anchor: an unholy act in quincy, police say two women robbed a nun at knife point. police say the anyone didn't have any money, so the women stole her rosary beads instead. >> anchor: boat of them appearing in court. kimberly bookman live for news happened. kimberly? well, the victim didn't look like a traditional nun. she wasn't wearing a habit and in fact she was going for a walk in exercise clothes. that is when she says she was approached and she was robbed. the nun says a 26-year-old vanessa young of somerville, the woman with the short hair, came up to her on fifth street in quincy and tried to grab a satchel she had in her left hand. the nun told the suspect she didn't have any money. she even opened the purse to

to. the nun said the us at the showed a knife then she noticed another woman, the woman with the red hair who is identified as vanessa's 26-year-old wife, crystal young, standing behind the suspect doing lookout. s er it kerry noticed van essay was holding a small knife to sister kerry's right side of her stomach. again, she showed her the contents, end kayed to her she had no money and was trying to ease her to robbery. at this point vanessa stated to sister kerry i guess i will take the rosary beads. >> reporter: after the robbery the nun ran away and called police. she give a description of the two women and they were found a short time later. police did search the car that was associated with those two women. they found several stolen cell phones, they also found that small knife but no sight of those rosary beads. recording live from quincy, kimberly bookman, 7 news.

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>> anchor: a nice preview of fall, especially tomorrow morning. one day bus we will start to

mid and upper 80's by the end of the week the humidity though does not race back to midsummer levels like we saw a few weeks ago. essentially dry all week. there may be an isolated thunder shower on friday afternoon. dew point temperatures, this is the refreshing air. they are in the upper 40's, they will drop a little bit more overnight tonight and then tomorrow low 50's. then here is that slow climb with the humidity but again considering that we were off the charts over here a few weeks ago lower 60's, yeah, some of you may feel it if you instant working in your favor you may say there is that humidity back. otherwise not too shabby. otherwise the city 78. worcester at 716789 hyannis at 76. cold front wept blasting through new england at 3:00 a.m. with that tornado in concord. it's long gone and so is the humidity that we had briefly in new england yesterday afternoon and overnight. also the lost message here is that there actually was beneficial rain. pelham, new hampshire 1.3 inches

taunton four tenths of an inch. worcester just over an inch. boston just under an inch of rain and even with that healthy drink of water the city sits at 3.93 for the summer. june 1 up until ought 31. meteorological summer. if we don't have any more rain this will become the driest summer on record. there is a shot at that because we only have the cool front friday afternoon with an isolated shower, otherwise i think we're dry. we're dry up until that point and likely dry after that point. for tonight mostly comfortable, 47 to 57. the city of boston around 59 but norwood always one of the cooler spots, 46. jaffrey 47. orange at 46. those will be the temperatures about 5:30, 6:00 al then otherwise it's an outstanding late summer day, lots of sunshine tomorrow. 76 to 81. low humidity, wednesday much the same, mostly sunny skies, temperatures on wednesday morning in the 50's. then by the afternoon hours it does warm on wednesday, but it won't be humid. temperatures on wednesday in the

your 7 on 7 forecast close to 90 dry heat, isolated shot of a shower or storm friday and look at that weekend lots of sunshine. temperatures saturday and sunday upper 70's to the lower 80's. see you at 5:30. new concerns about the zikka virus as kids head back to school and one of those so-called hot zones. >> anchor: we are following breaking news. a tornado tears through concord, the governor touring the widespread damage. we'll have more on this just

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concord leaving a trail of destruction behind. crews hard at work cleaning the mess. >> anchor: then a local park ranger under arrest. what he is accused of doing inside of a staff bathroom. >> anchor: plus, a crash in florida leaving a car hanging off an overpass. how crews rescued the driver and her six-year-old son. >> anchor: and a wish come true for an 11-year-old in new york. why he will soon be heading to vatican city. >> anchor: we ar a tornado to youing down in concord, it did a lot of damage as you can see but it could have been worse. no injuries were reported but nearly 40 homes suffered at least some kind of damage. >> anchor: the community now working to clear all those downed trees off the roads out of people's yards and homes. dan hausle live for news concord with a closer look. we can see all of the piles behind you, dan. >> anchor: yeah, you know, the

the only injury we've seen so far was one of crews working on clean up had a minor injury. more on that that minute. you can see they are staging you and cutting down the trees that have not just all fallen to the ground. some of these trees were up into the wires here, all this damage caused in a matter of seconds overnight. let's show you some other views of the damage first from the air from sky 7 hd. you get a good idea of what they are calling a path of destruction, a half mile long, four football fields wide, this an ef 1 tornado. we you probably can't make it out in the video but they can tell it's a tornado because damage is going in different directions. largely north-northeast but at times trees going the opposite direction. that's an indicator of tornadic activity. if you have dozens of home damaged but only one home seriously damaged, officials saying that is amazing. all of this damage at 3:00 the in morning people in their houses you did not have any