Town-by-town totals: These Mass. communities received the most rain on Monday

LEOMINSTER, Mass. — A weather system packing an intense amount of moisture dumped unrelenting rain on some parts of Massachusetts in just a matter of a few hours on Monday, leading to catastrophic flash flooding.

Leominster Mayor Leominster Mayor Dean Mazzarella said the storm stalled out over the city as it delivered a “life-threatening” amount of rain and flooding between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Mazzarella said roads were left impassable, a heavily trafficked bridge collapsed, and hundreds of residents needed to be rescued with boats.

A shelter-in-place was also issued in North Attleboro as Bristol County was hit with flash flooding. Multiple roads in the town were also closed and hundreds of homes were damaged.

A state of emergency was declared in both Leominster and North Attleboro.

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Here’s a list of the communities that saw the most rainfall on Monday, according to the National Weather Service:

• Leominster -- 9.5 inches
• Lunenburg -- 7.26 inches
• Attleboro -- 6.98 inches
• East Princeton -- 6.33 inches
• Sterling -- 6.17 inches
• Westminster -- 5.90 inches
• Fitchburg -- 5.10 inches
• Shirley -- 4.85 inches
• Easton -- 4.7 inches
• Marion -- 4.53 inches
• Pepperell -- 4.52 inches
• Wareham -- 4 inches
• Norton -- 4 inches
• Middleboro -- 3.69 inches
• Ayer -- 3.66 inches
• Groton -- 3.47 inches
• East Bridgewater -- 3.36 inches
• Fall River -- 3.35 inches
• Fairhaven -- 3.34 inches
• Dunstable -- 3.3 inches
• Taunton -- 3.2 inches
• Westport -- 3 inches
• New Bedford -- 3 inches
• Worcester -- 2.5 inches

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