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Nor’easter to bring heavy rain, strong coastal winds to state Thursday

News Story 05/21/2025

PROVIDENCE – A late season Nor’easter will bring cooler temperatures and heavy rain as the region prepares for Memorial Day weekend. The National Weather Service...

Flood watch issued with snow changing to heavy rain

Natural Resources 01/25/2023

PROVIDENCE – A flood watch is in effect for most of the state through Thursday with snow changing to heavy rain beginning Wednesday night. The...

U.S. could see a century’s worth of sea rise in just...

Food & Agriculture 02/15/2022

America's coastline will see sea levels rise in the next 30 years by as much as they did in the entire 20th century, with...

TOP VIEW: John Ballone, owner of The Hotel Maria, on the highest level of the structure under construction alongside Misquamicut Beach in Westerly designed to avoid the effects of ocean flooding by being elevated well above sea level. The Atlantic Ocean can be seen in the background. / PBN PHOTO/ BRIAN MCDONALD

PBN on WJAR-TV, March 26, 2018

Economic Activity 03/27/2018

PROVIDENCE – Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV NBC 10’s Coffee Break to discuss the newspaper’s most recent cover story...

STORM SURGE: By 2065, a 100-year storm surge would damage approximately 13,736 homes in Warwick, Barrington, Narragansett, South Kingstown and North Kingstown, representing more than half of all homes in Rhode Island’s 21 coastal communities, according to the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council. / COURTESY R.I. COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT COUNCIL

Are predictions of coastal flooding caused by climate change and sea-level...

Natural Resources 02/25/2018

Thanks to more up-to-date measurements and predictive abilities, the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council is predicting that more of Rhode Island’s coastal communities are...

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