Tag: Flooding
Storm brings high winds, widespread flooding across state
PROVIDENCE – The state is cleaning up once again from another powerful storm two days after it endured its first major snowfall in two...
Unsettled weather?
Has your company been negatively impacted by weather events of any kind in the last 12 months?
Yes: 67%
No: 33%
What weather events have impacted your...
Storms spur long-awaited action in Providence
The Providence Resilience Partnership has warned for years of the city’s widespread flood risk and the need for more flood protection, but it never...
Heavy rains cause massive flooding across R.I.
PROVIDENCE – The heavy rain that caused street flooding and forced the closure of major roads across the state on Labor Day continued on...
SURGE MENTALITY: Warning sounded about Providence’s widespread flood risks
Arnold “Buff” Chace Jr. was 7 years old when Hurricane Carol ravaged Rhode Island, with a storm surge that submerged downtown Providence in 12...
Flood risk too costly to ignore
Rhode Island has so far escaped what has been a very active hurricane season, but the danger of flooding is a fact of life...
Legislation would create fund for climate-change grants
PROVIDENCE – A state Senate proposal would create a coastal adaption trust fund, from which cities and towns could apply for grants to make...
Fighting back vs. extreme weather
Weather-related damage from fierce hurricanes, flooding, storm surges and intensified UV rays does not discriminate between high-end or low-income housing.
In Rhode Island, however, some...
RISP: 50 weather-related accidents overnight due to snowstorm
PROVIDENCE – With an early winter nor’easter hitting the region Thursday evening, the R.I. State Police reported there were 50 weather-related crashes between 6...
Climate mitigation pays off, but it has to be put in...
This week’s conclusion of a three-part series by PBN staff writer Eli Sherman on Rhode Island’s vulnerability to flooding and storm damage is sobering.
The...
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