Tag: Providence Emergency Management Agency
Arctic blast to bring bitter cold and dangerous wind chills Friday
PROVIDENCE – Bitter cold is arriving fashionably late this winter.
Beginning Thursday night, an arctic blast will interrupt what has been a mild winter so...
Fox Point Hurricane Barrier in need of upgrades, environmental groups warn
PROVIDENCE once led the nation in hurricane protection.
But in the half-century since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built the Fox Point Hurricane Barrier,...
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...