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OVER 25,000 single-family homes are considered at-risk to be impacted by storm surge in the event of a Category 4 hurricane in Rhode Island. Above, a machine clears sand off Atlantic Avenue in Westerly after the remnants of Hurricane Sandy battered Rhode Island’s coast in 2012. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Report: Over 25,000 homes at risk during Category 4 Hurricane in...

Natural Resources 06/05/2019

PROVIDENCE – If a Category 4 hurricane were to hit Rhode Island, more than 25,000 single-family homes would be at risk to be impacted...

RHODE ISLAND RANKED No. 17 for highest risk on CoreLogic's report on storm surge damage. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Report: R.I. ranks No. 17 for storm surge risk

Economic Activity 06/01/2018

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island ranked No. 17 on CoreLogic’s 2018 Storm Surge Report for both number of at-risk homes and reconstruction cost value of...

VISION OF THE FUTURE? Climate experts believe that between sea-level rise and the increasing frequency of powerful storms, larger portions of Rhode Island will face serious flooding in the coming years. / PBN FILE PHOTO/BRIAN MCDONALD

Climate change looks to bring water damage to more of R.I.

Editorials 01/19/2018

More than five years after “Superstorm” Sandy hit the Rhode Island coast, Westerly is still working at reversing some of the environmental damage that...

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