Heavy rain causing minor flood problems
Two-and-a-half inches of rain fell over about 12 hours in the Boston area with the heaviest precipitation coming down during the morning commute.
The National Weather Service in Taunton issued a flood advisory for much of eastern Massachusetts up until 2 p.m.
- Flooding again in the Somerville public safety headquarters, the same area that saw significant flood damage earlier this summer. (WBZ_AM)
In Somerville the public safety building, which already flooded once this summer, endured the same fate all over again, albeit to a lesser extent.
Many low-lying areas saw some minor flooding.
State troopers responded to a disabled motor vehicle on Storrow Drive inbound by Mass Avenue - diverting traffic around a flooded area of that stretch of road.
Route 16 in the vicinity of Route 1 was flooded as was Route 1A north at Route 145 in East Boston.
