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News thirty five degrees in Boston at four o'clock. We have rain in the city and a messy wintry mixed north of town. Stay tuned for the four day forecast. Good afternoon, I'm Madison Rogers and here's what's happening. We start off this hour in Southeast Asia, where rescue efforts continue in me and Mar following a massive earthquake. The government there says more than one thousand, six hundred people have been confirmed dead, with thousands more hurt. The BBC's Nickbeek has more more.
Beneath the historic temples of Mandalay, the destructive power of Myanmar's worst earthquake in a century is clear to see. The country's second largest city bore the full force. At the Sky Villa condominium, they were digging through the rubble with their hands. Us ninety people were feared to be trapped the building, house departments and a wedding venue, but its twelve stories now resemble six after it pancaked in seconds.
Meantime, Me and Mar's main resistance movement just announced a partial ceasefire and the name of helping the relief effort. That death toll, again more than sixteen hundred, is expected to rise. Further tragedy in southern New Hampshire an infant's body found in the water at Manchester's Pine Island Park.
I can't be described.
It's awful, a discovery so heartbreaking. Even first responders trained for these situations are shaken. The body of a newborn baby girl floating in a pond at Pine Island Park in Manchester.
It's heartbreaking and have to deal with. It's extremely tragic.
I worry about the mental health of my officers. The discovery is not being treated as a suspicious death investigation after the results of an autopsy and facts detectives gathered.
It's scary, very nerve wrecking.
The tragic news reaching parents at the park.
There have to be something really devastating to push a mom to do something like that.
And so again, like I said, I could never imagine.
That report from CBS News Boston's Tammy Mutasa. It's been a day of demonstrations at Tesla dealerships across the US and in Europe as well.
I actually think.
The brand Tesla was a wonderful idea in the beginning and it's simply the politics of Elon Musk, so this is a move against Musk.
Personally, I think Tesla is good. I would just never buy a.
New one that's an American protesting an event in London. In our area, there have been ten different different events today protesting company's billionaire owner and his role reshaping the federal government. Organizers are stressing these are peaceful protests in the wake of some violence targeting Tesla's. Boston police just released photos of a suspect they're accusing in several incidents
this month near the Fenway area. Looking at the four day forecast, it's gonna stay messy out there this weekend. Right now, we have some light rain in Boston to the north that's mixing in with some wet snow and proper snow flurries too. Northwest of town, near Lemonster and Fitchburg. Some other spots, I am seeing wintry mix freezing rain and sleets potentially on the radar, so watch out for that.
There's more where it came from. Tonight. We have more rain on and off that can mix with freezing rain. Freezing rain in some spots, especially again north and west of Boston. We do have a winter weather advisory outside four ninety five until eleven am tomorrow up into southern New Hampshire. Some spots are under a winter storm warning or even an ice storm warning, so that could bring some treacherous travel. Tomorrow, we have a drizzle around. It's
cloudy and cold with highs near forty in Boston. Another fairly gloomy day, and we do have showers for Monday, but it's a lot less chilly out there. Sixty to sixty four degrees for the high. Back in the upper forties for Tuesday, but we finally should dry out with some sunshine returning. Right now, it's thirty three and looking snowy. In Danvers, it's thirty two and a complete mix. In Wooster,
you could get anything there right now. In Boston some rain, maybe somewhat snow, It's thirty four degrees and feeling more like twenty At four seven, Teamsters Local twenty five host it's annual Autism Gala at the Encore Casino tonight. It's featuring jazz performers from the Boston Hagashi School, which serves kids and young adults on the spectrum. More from WBZ Susan sasfel.
It gives us a lot of pride that our students are up there.
Mike Kelly, the executive director of the Boston Higashi School, says the jazz playing at the gala is a big source of pride for the school.
It's amazing what they do. It really builds that confidence and self esteem.
A big deal performing for the one thousand or so in attendance. The Teamsters Local twenty five Autism Funds supports nearly one hundred organizations, including the Hagashi School.
They've been a great supporter of ours, and it's really it helped us enhance some of our programming, particularly with us A facilities. They've helped us to build an athletic field.
The fund has raised eight million dollars for autism research and awareness. In Randolph Suzannslausville, WBZ Boston's News Radio.
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