Scituate

A truck jumped a curb and crashed into the front of a business in Scituate, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, thankfully missing the people inside. Scituate police said they got the call around 9:35 a.m. and found the truck through the front doorway at 400 Gannett, which houses The Collective Co., a coworking space. Investigators determined that the truck hit another vehicle...

Sleet, freezing rain and wind picked up late Wednesday morning, as the South Shore braced for the incoming nor’easter. “When the water comes over the seawall, it’s going to come up underneath your deck and pop all of these boards,” said Bill Hoover of Scituate. Hoover knows the damage a nor’easter can do first-hand. Having lived along the water...

Coastal communities faced the highest risk of seeing strong wings and outages from Lee, but that didn’t stop residents on the Cape from venturing out on the stormy day to get a look at all of the action, while surfers in Scituate were out taking advantage of the waves.

Three tornadoes hit Massachusetts and another touched down in Rhode Island Friday, the National Weather Service confirmed. Rhode Island experienced an EF-2 that caused damage in Scituate, Johnston and North Providence, the NWS said. In Massachusetts, an EF-1 was confirmed in North Attleboro and Mansfield; another EF-1 touched down in Weymouth; there was an EF-0 in Stoughton. Strong thunderstorms swept…