The raging Charles

Locks open at Charles River Dam
By adamg - 7/10/21 - 1:20 pm

DCR was ready when you are, Gridley, and opened the locks at the Charles River Dam at low tide to let the water piling up in the Basin flow into the Harbor yesterday, as Ari Ofsevit shows us.

As Elsa churns up the coast, NWS asks if you have your go kit ready

Satellite image showing how loaded with water Elsa is
By adamg - 7/8/21 - 9:55 am

Elsa's arrival tomorrow is nothing to olaf about (OK, OK, we'll let it go), NWS says: We could see "major rainfall flooding," enough to force evacuations and rescues, "especially in urban areas." Read more.