This was the view down the Charles River at the Millennium Park kayak launch in West Roxbury today.
Here's roughly the same view yesterday, before the afternoon deluge - when you could still walk to the very middle of the riverbed without getting your feet wet - in part via a path made by all the people walking through land plants in what would normally be the river. Read more.
Boston Timelapse captured what appears to be a lightning strike at Logan from a National Park Service camera atop the Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown. Read more.
Joan was at Nahant Beach this afternon when the storm showed up and just burst right over her head. She managed to get a couple of good shots "just before we grabbed our stuff and made a mad dash for the car."
Chelsea Scanner watched the storm advance from Chelsea, and watched the lightning streak down in the direction of Everett and Somerville: Read more.
The Charles River at Millennium Park is still really shallow, but after yesterday's rain, it's a bit wider than it was last week, as Mary Ellen shows us.
Gamma Ray Digital posted some slo-mo video from Allston of the storm rolling in along the turnpike.
So far here in Rosindale, we're getting wind, thunder and lightning, but no rain.
Thebostonlol looked inbound on Comm. Ave. after the storm had passed this afternoon.
It didn't last long, but a wind-heavy storm brought down trees and power lines in Hyde Park and Roslindale and turned Truman Parkway by the Hyde Park Stop & Shop into a lake.
But after it was all done, Pleasure Bay in South Boston got a double rainbow, as photographed by David Geller. Read more.
Rachel Anne Miller watched the hail come down near Porter Square in Cambridge as the storm moved through around 2:45 p.m. Read more.
Mary Ellen went for a walk along the Charles in Millennium Park in West Roxbury this morning before the storm hit.
Adam Castiglioni surveyed the usual post-storm flooding by the Chart House on Long Wharf this morning.
Joe Kidston captured the ocean's ragin' glory this morning at Black Rock Beach in Cohasset: Read more.
Part of a six-car crash on the Masspike near 128.
Welcome to Dot managed to escape this six-car smashup on the turnpike westbound near 128 this morning.
Then, barely a mile down the road, he crawled past another, smaller crash: Read more.
Maximum expected wind gusts Tuesday and Wednesday, via NWS.
Update: We've been updated to a high-wind warning.
The National Weather Service has issued a high-wind watch for eastern Massachusetts from Tuesday morning through Wednesday afternoon. Read more.
A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint at 12:45 a.m. about the sprinklers going full blast in the middle of a torrential downpour on Lewis Mall in East Boston.
Not sure who controls Lewis mall but please turn off. This grass does not need watering!
Brown indicates raw sewage, blue means treated sewage, green means no sewage released.
The MWRA and the Boston Water and Sewer Commission are reporting that "combined sewer outfalls" dumped raw and treated sewage, along with lots of rainwater, into area waterways overnight because of all the rain - but that the flow means people didn't have to worry about sewage backing up into their homes and businesses. Read more.
North End bocce courts turned into reflecting pools. Photo by Nathaniel Stinnett.
The Boston area remains under a flood warning until 1 p.m. as Ida moves out. Read more.
At 10 p.m., the National Weather Service issued a a flash-flood warning for much of the area through 6 a.m. on Thursday: Read more.
Estimated rain totals today and tomorrow, from NWS.
The entire state is under a flash-flood watch that runs from 2 p.m. until tomorrow afternoon, although the greatest risk is from the turnpike south, as the remains of Ida pass through: Read more.
Somerville City Councilor Ben Ewen-Campen captured the scene along the Fitchburg Line tracks, next to the impending Union Square Green Line stop, after this afternoon's drenching rain. Note the floating timbers. Read more.
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