The flooding south of Boston Thursday will be a day to remember in Massachusetts. It was a very rare and somewhat historic weather event.

Most of the rain fell in just a few hours, right during the morning commute. Three-to-six inches fell in a 2-to-3 hour deluge over a relatively small area. It was a highly localized event. The highest impact was only felt over a swath of land about 5-to-10 miles wide.

© CBS BostonThe hardest hit areas during Thursday's storm

The first downpour was right around 5 a.m. Then, in the next few hours, torrential downpours continued to "train" over the same areas, dropping 2-to-3 inches per hour at times.

Finally, by about 9 a.m., the rain began to decrease in intensity, but the damage was already done. Interstate 93 was completely shut down in Quincy and traffic was at a complete standstill.

A major search and rescue operation is continuing through the night in Texas after flash floods killed at least 24 people and left many girls missing from a Christian summer camp.

There was little warning as the Guadalupe River rose 26 feet (7.9m) in less than an hour and flooding that followed swept away mobile homes, vehicles and holiday cabins where people were spending the 4 July weekend.

Rescue crews are still searching for up to 25 children who were among the 750 girls attending the Camp Mystic just outside the town of Kerrville 104km (64.0 miles) north-west of San Antonio.

A state of emergency has been declared in several counties where several roads have been washed away and phone lines are down.

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Major flash floods in Texas have already claimed the lives of 51 people, including 15 children, with 27 children still missing from Camp Mystic, a Christian all-girls camp in Kerr County.

Fast-moving floodwaters surged 26 feet (8 meters) along the Guadalupe River in just 45 minutes before dawn on Friday, sweeping away homes and vehicles.

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Texans are bracing for more rain and flash flooding as the death toll climbs to at least 82, with dozens still missing.

The National Weather Service warned that parts of Central Texas, known as "Flash Flood Alley," could be doused in as much as 10 inches of rain on Monday. Additional heavy rainfall in the "hardest hit areas of the past few days will lead to rapid runoff and flash flooding," the agency said.

A desperate search continued for 10 girls and their counselor from Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp along the Guadalupe River, which was ravaged by the floods, officials said.

Search and rescue operations in central Texas entered their fifth day on Tuesday after heavy rainfall overwhelmed the Guadalupe River, sending floodwaters through homes and summer camps and killing over 100 people.

The death toll stood at least 104, including at least 27 children and counselors from the beloved Camp Mystic, a storied Christian girls camp in Kerr County, where flooding hit the hardest beginning on July 4. In Kerr County, at least 56 adults and 28 children were killed. Ten Mystic campers and one counselor remain unaccounted for.

What we know

AT LEAST 120 PEOPLE KILLED: Authorities have confirmed at least 120 deaths across six counties, including those of 60 adults and 36 children in Kerr County.

MANY STILL MISSING: There are still 173 people missing, as the hope of locating survivors has dwindled. Search and rescue operations along the Guadalupe River have shifted to a recovery phase.

Typhoon Danas brought heavy winds and torrential rains to parts of Taiwan early Monday, killing two people and injuring more than 300 on the island's densely populated west coast.

The typhoon lost intensity and was downgraded to a tropical storm as it moved into the Taiwan Strait on a forecast path to China.

Danas knocked out power for more than 580,000 households, and schools and offices were closed across southern and central parts of Taiwan.

The typhoon made landfall on the west coast late Sunday with maximum sustained winds of 144 kph (89 mph). It dumped more than 60 centimeters (24 inches) of rain in places, causing landslides and flooding.

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"All three individuals were caught in the rushing floodwaters and carried downstream during the catastrophic flooding event that saw the Rio Ruidoso rise to a record-breaking 20 feet - five feet higher than the previous record," the statement said.

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© FOX WeatherThis graphic shows historic crests of the Rio Ruidoso.

Authorities on Wednesday confirmed a fourth death in Guatemala a day after dozens of earthquakes shook the country, leaving crumbled walls and roads blocked by landslides.

More than 150 earthquakes and aftershocks with magnitudes ranging from 3.0 to 5.7 have been reported since Tuesday afternoon.

President Bernardo Arévalo said on social media that the body of a woman who had been buried by debris south of Guatemala's capital had been recovered along with the body of her dog. He expressed his condolences to the victims' families, and was visiting a town near the epicenter.

Volunteer firefighters confirmed Wednesday that a 13-year-old boy's body had been recovered in the Sacatepequez department.

The other two victims were men killed by falling rocks while traveling in a truck on a road in the department of Escuintla, firefighters said.