BOXFORD - Massachusetts finally got some long-awaited rain on Thursday, but was it enough to douse the wildfires that have been burning for weeks in the state? Here's a look at what local fire departments and state fire officials are saying about where firefighting efforts stand.

Thursday's rain may help prevent new fires in Massachusetts, but it'll take more of a soaking to get the state out of the danger zone when it comes to the already burning wildfires.

Massachusetts should get ‘much-welcomed’ rain, even snow in spots amid ‘Critical Drought’ as wildfires keep burning

There is finally significant rain in the forecast for the drought in Massachusetts. Some towns might even see a little snow.

A "bomb cyclone" riding a long atmospheric river toward the West Coast is expected to bring more than a foot of rain to parts of Northern California and 30-foot waves to the Oregon coast, but the weather won't be quite as catastrophic in and around Los Angeles, the latest forecast models show.