Story of the Day

You can expect this story to dominate the local news today, as all eyes are on the Whittendon Dam in Taunton. Lots of fingers crossed this morning.

TAUNTON -- Authorities yesterday evacuated about 2,000 people living downstream from a century-old timber dam that began buckling under pressure from a rain-swollen river and threatening this community with a potential 6-foot flood surge.

State and Taunton emergency officials inspected the
Whittenton Mill Dam yesterday. (Justine Hunt / Globe Staff)