This is WBZ, Boston's news radio, redefining local news. Ninety two degrees in Boston at four o'clock. Good afternoon, I'm Ben Parker. Here's what's happening. If you needed another reason to be hot, try today.
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Another day of ninety plus degree weather in parts of the region today, and yeah, it's a heat wave. But relief is coming in the form of water for some, perhaps a lot of it. The atmosphere has incredible amounts of moisture above us, so anytime it rains today, it is going to just pour on us. I want to SEEBS News Boston meteorologist Jacob Wycoff. And for some places
it has been pouring. We had some rain and showers off to the south just south of Plymouth that pushed across the bay there and is making a move right into Truro and Wealthlee to East Ham could get brushed by this too. In Provincetown as well, that's got some pretty heavy downpours in it, and we've had some downpours in fact one that's kind of hung around for a while. In southern Rhode Island, it is starting to move off
toward Westport. Eventually New Bedford could get under some of this heavy rain, and there's some more showers further back and out toward the west. We'll keep an eye on things for you as things fire up a little bit more this afternoon. There is a floodwatch by the way until two o'clock in the morning because of the threat of those heavy rains. Auth alreadys in Texas are not responding to questions about reports of delayed weather alerts for
the deadly flooding over the weekend. Officials faced many questions during a news conference today about who was monitoring the weather at the time of the floods, which now have killed more than one hundred people. Local officials in Kirk County say their priority is finding victims, not reviewing what happened before the floods. President Trump's once again expressing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The President has made this perfectly clear.
I'm not happy with Putin.
Speaking at a cabin admitting, Trump cursed when reflecting on the Russian president's foot dragging over a peace deal with Ukraine.
Very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.
Trump also discussed further sanctions against Russia totally.
At my option, and to terminate totally at my option, and I'm looking at it very strongly.
The president's comments came one day after his decision to resume sending weapons to Ukraine. Linday Canyon, CBS News the White House.
The President's also threatening to impose higher tariffs on more than a dozen countries unless they agree to trade it deals with the US. The President sending out letters to world leaders and forming them of new tariff rates, the details, and the new deadline.
President Trump, and a new social media post indicates he's standing firm on his August first deadline for tariffs to go into effect, the President writing quote, there has been no change to this date, and there will be no change, and he adds quote no extension will be granted. But Monday night he gave mixed messages on whether that August first deadline was set, saying first it was quote firm, but not one hundred percent firm, later telling me the time for negotiations are over.
I'm concerned. We're done with sending out letters to various countries telling them how much tariffs they have to pay.
Karen travers, ABC News the White House.
We are keeping an eye to the sky this afternoon as we have some thunderstorms and heavy downpours that may affect some of us. The floodwatches up until two o'clock in the morning. We have been hot and humid today and that humidity is starting to wring itself out over the top of us. We have right now some storms and some pretty heavy downpours on a line from Newport, Rhode Island, up through Westport. So these are moving a little bit off toward the east and may get in
our New Bedford shortly. There are some downpours embedded in that. In fact, they've been some pretty heavy rains in southern Rhode Island today in this afternoon, and then some other storm cells are moving onto the Cape out toward well Fleet, where they may get under some downpours pretty shortly. Touro's getting a little bit of rain too, Provincetown could get some.
This was all the cells that pushed off the coast a while back, so they've still got a little bit of ringing out to do, and there's a little bit of rain back into south central Massachusetts. Had along a turnpike and then back into Connecticut, but nothing really major, not right now. There could be later as some more storms heat up. Eventually. Tonight we're cooling down to about sixty eight and then mostly cloudy tomorrow, still a little humid.
Temperatures don't go very far seventy three in Boston, upper seventies Inland. Maybe a passing shower Thursday, the risk of a gusti or thunderstorm around with temperatures only in the mid seventies, and then Friday, more clouds than sun, humid with a shower, highs close to eighty. Right now, we're at ninety two in Boston. River Check green Grass Check. A new stretch of biking and walking path is open, completing the miss missing link along the Toponset River Greenway.
It's only been open for a few days, but Jack is already making the most of it. A Ponset River Greenway.
I just went up to Sullivan's and back and I'll be over at the Granite ab Bridge. So it's a great ride. It's safe. Love it.
The new stretch connects a path at Tanean Beach with Morrissey Boulevard, an area where bikers previously had to contend with bumpy sidewalks at rush hour traffic. Now they get a smooth new path with scenic views of the ocean and the gas tank. Osgen says the new path is the perfect solution and was well worth the weight.
Well, I was waiting for it for two years.
Actually, I'm very excited about that.
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I'm using they from Georchester.
Kyle Bray WBZ Boston's News Radio.
Happy trails to you and to everyone for that matter. A couple of New England trails making the list of twenty five trails you should explore this year. In fairness, some of the trails are out of the country, but not the Freedom Trail in Boston and the Appalation Trail
in New Hampshire. All trails out with a list that complements the two and a half mile Freedom Trail, connecting sixteen historical sites, and also a part of the Appalachian Trail in the White Mountain National Forest, the Small Arts Mountain via the Appalachian and Ranger Trails. All Trail says, if mountain vistas are your thing, you've come to the right place. You are now in the loop for news updates throughout the day, listen to WBZ News Radio on
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