MA Weather: Severe Thunderstorms Moving Through State

More than 2,600 in Massachusetts are without power as severe thunderstorms roll east through the central part of the state. A severe thunderstorm warning was in effect from Worcester to Southern Middlesex counties.

The National Weather Service said large hail and 60-mile-per-hour wind gusts were to be expected. It's unclear how far east the storms will reach, but the Weather Channel says there is more than a 30 percent chance of isolated thunderstorms reaching Boston tonight.

The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency said 2,674 were without power due to outages scattered across the state as of 7:10 p.m. Billerica was the hardest-hit town with more than 700 in the dark. Most of the outages are in Western Mass. and Worcester County. A few hundred are without power in Boston and suburbs to the west.

A heat advisory was in effect across much of the state through 6 p.m. as oppressive humidity set in Thursday.

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