Flash floods hit several cities and towns south of Boston Thursday morning as historic rain brought traffic to a crawl and clogged streets and highways during rush hour.With rain coming down so fast,

SUTTON, Vt. (AP) — Communities in rural parts of Vermont on Friday woke up once again to damaged homes and washed-out roads due to heavy rainfall and flash flooding, making it the third consecutive summer that severe floods have inundated parts of the state.

Thursday will be a “storm sandwich” with pockets of heavy rain in the morning, a dry midday, and scattered afternoon showers and thunderstorms popping up across the region.