A train carrying ethanol derailed in Worcester, Massachusetts, the city's fire department confirmed Sunday. The train derailed just before noon on Sunday at 640 Cambridge Street in Worcester. Several ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – This weekend marks the ... The deadliest tornado to ever hit New England was the Worcester tornado on June 9, 1953. A total of 94 people were killed and over 1,200 ...

LATE in the afternoon of June 9, 1953, Worcester was bringing to a close ... nature wrapped all its fury into one cataclysmic vortex. A tornado was born. Like . . . Dr. Ward and I are indebted ...

IN the late afternoon of June 9, 1953, a tornado unexpectedly struck a section of Worcester County, Massachusetts, and in about twenty minutes created a major disaster. The problems that arose as ...

My grandmother was pregnant with my mom during the destructive 1953 EF-5 tornado that destroyed Worcester City Hospital, among many other buildings in central Massachusetts. The Globe is expanding ...