Weather

For the counties under the winter weather advisory, people are likely to see snow initially before transitioning to freezing rain overnight.

Also Saturday, San Francisco residents awoke to a tornado warning, but no tornado touched down there. It was the first such warning for the city since at least 1950.

Containment on the Franklin Fire, which broke out Monday during a high-wind event, grew to 30% by Thursday as cooler and calmer conditions arrived.

“We heard screaming in our neighborhood. And we just knew something was off,” Michelle Geffen said.

“Three neighbors came and carried me out and came back and put out a little fire in the guest house and saved me,” the beloved actor said.

The storm may bring some localized flooding — a flood watch is in effect for parts of central and western Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire

The Franklin Fire has burned more than 4,000 acres since it erupted in Malibu, California, on Monday. It was 7% contained Wednesday night.

The Franklin Fire in California had grown to nearly 4,000 acres Wednesday afternoon.

Around 20,000 people were under evacuation orders. At least seven structures, including homes, were destroyed, but that figure is preliminary.

A “particularly dangerous situation” red flag warning is also in place in some mountainous areas due to winds, low humidity, extremely dry vegetation, and high fire risk.

Global temperatures in the last two years have been higher than scientists anticipated. That may be because cloud cover has decreased, a study suggests.