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Heavy Rain Floods Roads, Knocks Out Power in Newton

Part of I-95 was closed Thursday morning.

Heavy rain flooded Newton roads and knocked out power Thursday morning.

As of 9 a.m., there were 40 city customers without power, according to NSTAR.

At about 7 a.m., MassDOT reported two lanes of I-95 northbound in Newton were closed near Exits 23-25 were closed because of flooding. The lanes reopened by 9 a.m.

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