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Rebuild again or leave? Hurricane Ian might have blown snowbirds and transplants from New England back north.

The possibility of catastrophic hurricanes had rarely been a deal-breaker for them, but now they're thinking twice.

Rain expected to continue into Wednesday, falling most heavily in Southeast Mass.
The heaviest rain will be concentrated in a small area crossing Plymouth, Bristol, and Barnstable counties, where already 1 to 2 inches of rain have fallen in communities such as Duxbury, Plymouth, and Carver, according to Torry Gaucher, a meteorologist with the weather service in Norton.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
New England could still see some remnants of Ian’s rain this week
It looks like whatever happens and however much rain we see, it will move east on Thursday leaving us with warmer conditions.

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7-day forecast for Boston, MA

wedOctober 5
Rain
Rain59 °/56 °
todayOctober 6
Partly Sunny
Partly sunny70 °/57 °
friOctober 7
Partly Sunny
Partly sunny74 °/44 °
satOctober 8
Mostly Sunny
Mostly sunny59 °/45 °
sunOctober 9
Mostly Sunny
Mostly sunny63 °/44 °
monOctober 10
Partly Sunny
Partly sunny61 °/45 °
tuesOctober 11
Intermittent Clouds
Intermittent clouds63 °/49 °

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