this is in concord on lexington road between old bedford and cambridge turnpike. that stretch of the roadway at this point is closed. also watching a few problem spots along the 495 stretch northbound at the pike on the ramp. a jack-knifed tractor trailer. the ramp is blocked, eastbound, 15 minutes, 495 to 128. several disabled cars on 128 northbound by highland avenue. on the side of the road and heavy delays on the expressway, approaching sabin hill, the backup a half-hour. still watching this crash by webster avenue, another accident coming in 93 south, right by 128, reportedly two lanes closed, trains and buses on schedule. emily. >> all right, thank you. a final trip home for a civil war veteran, the remains of private jewett williams have been in oregon since he died in 1922, but now he's finally back home in maine. private williams served with the 20th main volunteer infantry, after his death, no relatives claims him. the patriot guard riders escorting, they finished escorting his remains on the motorcycle across 19 states, and dozens gathered for a ceremon

this is cambridge turnpike. you can basically see this is just to the east of the main center of concord here. that is where you had the most significant damage occur from this tornado. in new england, we get tornadoes occasionally. the big one a couple of years we did have a couple of tornadoes last year as well. june 23, 2015. a brief ef-0 in westminster. a brief ef-0 in wrentham as well. now, when we get these reports of tornadoes, the national weather service does survey the damage. for more on how that works, over to danielle. >> danielle: thanks, kris. talk all morning was, was this a microburst or tornado? when we have mike b same direction. what happens, off very cooled area of air. as it comes crashing down and hits the ground, forecast it kind of fans out. that is why you will notice this is what the damage looks like with the microburst. the damage kind of expanding as it hits the ground. all of the trees falling mainly in the same direction. that is an indication of those straight-line winds. with th

wide, that's four football fields wide on the ground for about a half mile starting at the cambridge turnpike and heading north, northeast up into the neighborhoods and then just up to the top of a ridge where we have the most serious damage with lots of trees down. 39 homes damaged, only one of them seriously damaged and no one hurt. with a smile on their faces, just seeing all of these trees down and seeing power out to about 1,000 people, but now seeing all of the pickup going on, no injuries to deal with. about half of the people already have power restored. so the governor went up and toured the area, saw all of the damage, officials telling us the cleanup is already gun. they are already clearing some of the roads. that's their main job now is to clear roads so people can drive through there. officials talking to us earlier today about what they expect to do to try in the next few hours to restore order. >> anchor: okay, so a quick turn around on trying to provide some inform for you from the conference so we'll get to that as soon as possible. what we can show have you sky 7 hd is up o

screen is an obstruction, trees down, a road is blocked from cambridge turnpike into old bedford road in the concord area and stephanie coueignoux is tweeting out pictures right now of trees down. huge tree and power lines down from this home on concord lane on how thorn lane in concord. lots going on this morning. herly detail that further in a moment. you can see live pictures of the pike eastbound. soaked out there on the roads, and it is better to just wait it out. a. your live drive times not a huge issue because not too many people are out on the roads. i would stay off of them until you can head out the door safely and shiri joins me with more. shir. >> thanks, julie. two main areas of concern right now. a lot of us seeing heavy rain this morning, but the winds that go along with those heavy rains that can do damage. severe thunderstorm warning for 4:30 for northeastern massachusetts and 4:35 for out eastern mass. this right here is including the brockton area and showers are moving deadly eastward. ma that means boston you have this going until 5:00 this morning and the heavy

this farm along route 2 a in concord also known as cambridge turnpike. we knocked on the property owner's door to see if they were home to see if they even know that their property was damaged by this massive tree, and in this video, that massive tree on top of that that nursery awning neck to material and flags and things that visit that farmstand there. but, again, residents welcome waking up to a lot of cleanup damage and as i mentioned the national weather service will be out here to determine what caused all of this with we have crews here and also in marlborough helping you out as you get out this morning. reporting in concord, daniel miller, fox25 morning news. >>> well, a storm also knocked out a look at the most current power outages. 2,000 people are without power. the ma are national grid customers without power right now. >> sara: fox25's stephanie coueignoux is live in concord and steph, you got an update from fire fighters and you have a warning for people in town. >> reporter: they are, they old bedford road and others. you mentioned power

the national weather service says the tornado formed somewhere near cambridge turnpike, then headed north-northeast. >> at about 3:17 a.m. this morning, we received a report of a tree down. >> the reporter: many more calls would come in, but all from within a tight corridor. the tornado's path, 400 yards wide and half a meant some got lucky. >> your house is fine. >> the reporter: yeah, it was scary, because it's so close to my house, but yeah, so far away. >> the reporter: and some did not. >> that's the one tree we left when we moved in. now we have zero. >>> in fact, just outside the swath of heavy damage, houses and trees untouched. that distinct path a strong marker for a tornado. >> you have one area where trees are down all over the place and the next house over has nothing. >> the reporter: dozens of utility and tree workers flooded after the storm, the cleanup was well underway, but what a job ahead. and that job is going to include taking apart lots of very large trees. they're working on a big pine that fell here on the corner in lexington road. one of the things that people around here

. >> the reporter: the tornado started somewhere near mill brook farm on cambridge turnpike, where it sent a tree crashing through a greenhouse. >> i heard this real strong wind, you know, real heavy rain, and it scared me a little bit. >> >> the reporter: it then traveled north-northeast, causing the heaviest damage on independence road. estimated wind speed -- 100 miles per hour. >> it did a lot of damage, just in a small area. >>> 39 houses were damaged, but only one suffered significant not fairing as well -- the trees, snapped, toppled and in some case, ripped right out of the ground. >> concentrating now on opening the roads, getting good access into the neighborhoods. >> the reporter: as for residents in the center of the storm, they were concentrating on getting back to normal. >> my tree man is coming here in a half an hour, and my insurance company has already got an adjustor calling me, so i feel very lucky that they're taking charge of it >> the reporter: now, obviously, during the tornado, it was a dangerous time, but town officials are telling us that there are still dan

in the bright red area, there's independence road, this is elect road and this is cambridge turnpike pike and area that daniel miller is right now looking at the damage that's happened clearly and some of the so really good view what was happening on live stormtracker radar at the time you wouldn't be able to see it and at sleep or too dark outside. >> julie: i know you and shiri have been looking at it. 138 canton tow truck on scene, ambulance has left but still have the left lane -- two left lanes blocked because fire truck as you could see almost back to the braintree split. shifting north, 93 south trouble spot north of the pike. here are live drive times, 18 minutes on route 3, that is if you're heading from 128 and 35 minutes on 93 south from the cloverleaf to the leverett connector and 26 minutes in the spot near the accident from university avenue to the weston tolls. back to you. >> 7:38. this morning two young children are in critical condition after being pulled from a swimming pool, boy and in lowell sunday afternoon -- saturday afternoon. they were swimming in a pool whe

cambridge. and chelsea and revere. this is moving from west to east. there's a downpour when you come near newton and need ham. southwest side of whalen, quick downpour. and moving along the mass turnpike. and back through the western part of the and thunderstorms. and back -- dew points are in the mid-70s. this is tropical. this is a soupy air mass. you can cut the humidity with a knife. it's thick and staying with us the next several days. 79 in boston. 81 in manchester. mid-70s at the cape. and any leftover showers and downpours. notice the map over the next hour and a half really dwindles. comes in. and tonight it's just uncomfortable for sleeping. it's warm and humid and patchy fog develops. and low temperatures dip back to the lower 70s. tomorrow along with the heat there'll be an issue with air quality. essex county. southeast new hampshire, and the entire coastline of maine. those are respiratory illnesses are going to notice a difference. noon to 7 p.m. this is the heat advisory in fe or just over 100 degrees. this is the forecast heat index tomorrow. this is some serious heat. definitely take it easy. it's going to feel like the low 90s over cape cod. and actual temperatures