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Flooding Rain, High Winds, Freeze Warning Signal Sharp Shift Across MA: See Latest Forecast
After a long stretch of very warm, very dry weather, colder temperatures with strong storm chances arrive across New England.

Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.
After a long stretch of very warm, very dry weather, colder temperatures with strong storm chances arrive across New England.

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