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Swimming was deemed off-limits on Wednesday due to high surf conditions and strong rip currents as Hurricane Chris churned hundreds of miles off the Mass. coast.

New Bedford Police Detective Gene Fortes was among the community leaders who brought donations from New Bedford to help nearly 4,000 struggling families in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.

New Bedford Police and other organizations are stepping up to send relief to Puerto Rico.

The New Bedford branch of the Salvation Army has been activated to provide assistance in Florida where now tropical storm Irma brought punishing wind and rain to much of the state.

A New Bedford police officer is taking it upon himself to lend a hand in Texas, where Hurricane Harvey caused extreme flooding.

Thousands of volunteers have descended upon southeast Texas as now Tropical Storm Harvey continues to dump feet of rain in the Houston area.

A Dartmouth man crashed his car into the New Bedford Hurricane Barrier Sunday night.
New Bedford Police say the accident took place around 7:30 P.M. Sunday when the 45-year-old man suffered a medical emergency while driving and continued through the intersection of County Street and Cove Road, striki…

The New Bedford Hurricane Barrier may be closing several times this week in light of the "supermoon."
The moon is making it's closest pass to earth in nearly 69 years this week, and is having a significant impact on ocean tides.
New Bedford Port Director Ed Anthes-Washburn tells WBSM News th…

Can you imagine the audacity of a politician buying commercial time on The Weather Channel as a category 4 hurricane threatens to blow Florida off the map?  One did.
The Clinton campaign, having received immediate blow back from local officials,  cancelled a plan to flood The Weat…

If you’ve seen the news today, you know that Hurricane Matthew will likely impact the Southcoast area later this week.