Speaker 1: This is WVZ Boston's news radio, redefining local news.
Speaker 2: Seventy one degrees, brisk under blue skies in Boston at
Speaker 2: four o'clock and good afternoon. I'm Madison Rodgers. Here's what's happening.
Speaker 2: The state's largest hospital system suspends elective procedures due to
Speaker 2: a nationwide shortage of IV fluids in the wake of
Speaker 2: Hurricane Helene. Mass General Brigham made that announcement, postponing non
Speaker 2: emergency surgeries that were scheduled for tomorrow at least through Wednesday.
Speaker 2: Helene damaged a crucial IVY fluid factory in North Carolina,
Speaker 2: leaving official scrambling to find solutions and a statement. Mass
Speaker 2: General Brigham says, we don't know when our supply will improve,
Speaker 2: but they are closely monitoring the situation to I'm sure
Speaker 2: they can return to normal operations as soon as possible.
Speaker 2: The hospitals are reaching out to impacted patients. In Florida,
Speaker 2: the death toll from Hurricane Milton has now risen to
Speaker 2: at least twenty three people. Residents along the Gulf Coast
Speaker 2: are returning to what's left of their homes. ABC's Jaqueline
Speaker 2: Lee is outside.
Speaker 3: Tampa Floridians returning to their homes waiting through flooded streets
Speaker 3: and debris after Milton left a trail of utter destruction.
Speaker 3: Resident Christy Austin recalling the strong impact of Hurricane Milton,
Speaker 3: along with the pounding wind and rain that flooded her apartment.
Speaker 1: Oh, I thought the windows were going to blow and
Speaker 1: that they might cut us in.
Speaker 4: My go up.
Speaker 3: The category three storm, claiming at least sixteen lives and
Speaker 3: spawning a deadly tornado out.
Speaker 2: Break, FEMA Administrator Dan chris Well is making a plea
Speaker 2: to Congress for more funds.
Speaker 5: Chris Well says FEMA has enough money to support the
Speaker 5: immediate needs for everyone impacted by Helena and Milton, but
Speaker 5: that the eventual need for supplemental funding from Congress is
Speaker 5: quote just a matter of when. Compounding the issue staffing shortages,
Speaker 5: sources tele ABC News. During the storm's only nine percent
Speaker 5: of FEMA's personnel were available to respond to any other
Speaker 5: disaster that could occur, and now the Small Business Administration
Speaker 5: is echoing the calls for more funding, saying new disaster
Speaker 5: loans are in jeopardy without Congress's.
Speaker 2: Health ABC's at Christian Cordero reports frustration and flooding in
Speaker 2: a South End neighborhood after the second water main break
Speaker 2: in two weeks. The break has since been repaired. WBZTV's
Speaker 2: Beth Germano tells us the impacts will continue.
Speaker 4: Deep into Tremont Street. Crews were working amid the mud
Speaker 4: and muck a one hundred and fifty year old water
Speaker 4: main with the sizeable crack all down its side, and
Speaker 4: neighbor Teresa Blevin's was more than frustrated.
Speaker 6: The mess disgusting. The noise is disgusting as well.
Speaker 4: The break sent water flooding into Tremont Street near Mass Half,
Speaker 4: nearly swallowing some nearby vehicles, while crews slogging through the
Speaker 4: water feverishly tried to stop the flow. This basement art
Speaker 4: gallery was the biggest victim, with mud piled up to
Speaker 4: its door.
Speaker 7: It's just pretty hardbreaking.
Speaker 4: Water filling the Piano Craft Gallery that's a non profit
Speaker 4: community space for local artists, damaging artwork that was stored
Speaker 4: and now requiring walls, furniture, all to be replaced at
Speaker 4: a cost that volunteers like artist Kamala Maud cannot afford.
Speaker 6: You Having something like that all of a sudden has
Speaker 6: really impaired the gallery in financially on in the community
Speaker 6: side too.
Speaker 2: The gallery is being forced to cancel shows through the
Speaker 2: end of the year due to the damage. The four
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Speaker 2: by Pioneer Basements. It's cooler tonight with more clouds moving
Speaker 2: in a low around forty five. Your Sunday is rather
Speaker 2: cloudy and chilly with rain around, especially from late morning
Speaker 2: on fifty four or so for the high in Boston,
Speaker 2: but it'll be warmer south of the city. Tomorrow night
Speaker 2: we have a bit of rain and drizzle, and then
Speaker 2: morning showers continue for the holiday Monday. As the day
Speaker 2: goes on, you could see a lingering shower, but it
Speaker 2: should be cloudy for the most part and getting a
Speaker 2: windier behind your sixty upper fifties with a brisk wind
Speaker 2: on Tuesday. And it's a brisk wind in Boston right now.
Speaker 2: A beautiful fall day, seventy one degrees and sunny at
Speaker 2: four oh six. Developing news right now, Boston homicide detectives
Speaker 2: are working with transit officials in Jamaica plane after a
Speaker 2: man was hit by an MBTA bus at the Forest
Speaker 2: Hills Tea stop. This reportedly happened just before noon. The
Speaker 2: man was hospitalized with serious injuries. We are waiting for
Speaker 2: word on his condition at the hospital, but again, there
Speaker 2: are homicide detectives on scene. This is a developing story.
Speaker 2: We'll bring you all the latest details right here on
Speaker 2: WBZ News Radio and on the iHeartRadio app. Shuttles have
Speaker 2: been running along much of the Orange Line today due
Speaker 2: to ongoing track work. Manchester, New Hampshire is trying to
Speaker 2: take over a popular coffee shop in the city. That
Speaker 2: story from WBZTV's Mike Sullivan.
Speaker 7: Next order up, that's the speed At eighty eight Coffee Company.
Speaker 4: Whatever you want.
Speaker 7: The Manchester mister hotspot is busy, a dining area of
Speaker 7: college students aligne approaching the door.
Speaker 6: Twenty nine eighty four.
Speaker 7: This all could be gone.
Speaker 6: My parents have owned the property since ninety nine.
Speaker 7: Corey Tong is one of the owners. His brother is
Speaker 7: also here making coffee. His wife is the person taking orders.
Speaker 7: The city is trying to take their bustling business by
Speaker 7: eminent domain.
Speaker 6: January of twenty twenty three, they reached out to us
Speaker 6: that they wanted the property as part of the Ceminary
Speaker 6: Dame Brook Tunnel.
Speaker 7: The project aims to tackle water quality and sewer overflow
Speaker 7: issues in the Merrimack River.
Speaker 2: The mayor's office towns WBZTV that they've agreed to terms
Speaker 2: on the sale of the property, while the owners say
Speaker 2: they're still negotiating.
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