Today is the anniversary of the 1953 Worcester MA tornado. 94 people died and 1288 were injured. Accord to the National Weather service, "Debris [was] found in the Boston area and on Cape Cod," including a "frozen mattress found in Massachusetts Bay near Weymouth."

My father was lucky enough to survive that; he was a teenager working in Worcester

Here's some pictures taken by Boston.com readers of the storm and it's aftermath Sunday. Most of New England, NYC, and some other adjoining places were under a tornado watch. There's 30 pictures so far, perhaps with more to be added.

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We had some minor flooding along the coast up here due to the Astronomical high tide. It's still sad to see these pretty little cottages go, however.


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My father escaped by driving out of Worcester down Rt. 140 into Milford MA. An excellent analysis of this storm by NOAA, with many photos and diagrams, can be seen here.

To see rare footage of some of the (relatively less damaged areas) of Worcester, click click here. Credit: NECN; unknown.


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Here is a slideshow of the big ice storm earlier this month. Thousands in Massachusetts and NH and New Hampshire were without power for well over a week, and many didn't get their power back until Christmas.

Credit: Channel 5, Boston, various viewers

It's warm and very windy out there tonight:

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Please note this information is preliminary and subject to revision. Official and certified climatic data can be accessed at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) (http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/ncdc.html).

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SXUS71 KBOX 070624 CCA
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Remember the thundersnow I taked about? Some lightning struck a plane at Logan yesterday:
....Lightning struck an airplane as it landed at Logan International Airport, a tractor-trailer jackknifed on Interstate 495 near Wrentham, and school buses filled with children were in accidents in Boston and Braintree. Near hurricane winds whipped through ( Read more... )