EIN News: Rhode Island Natural Disasters News

2008 Summer Olympic Games Preview - Sailing

25 Jul 2008 21:34 GMT

... 2007, including the Olympic Team Trials in Rhode Island. It's all about family in the Star ... the U.S. Sailing Women's Keelboat Championships. The Tornado class features Skipper John Lovell and his ...

Christopher Hayes | MoveOn at Ten

25 Jul 2008 20:25 GMT

... staffer Anna Galland, "I was organizing in Rhode Island doing faith-based antiwar activism. In March 2003, ... make a difference." In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, MoveOn was able to use its ...

Deluge overwhelms storm drains: Basements flooded

25 Jul 2008 19:16 GMT

... inches in under an hour. Areas of Rhode Island were hit with 4.5 inches in an ... I've learned it's that if a space floods once, it'll eventually flood again," Fortier said. ...

Weather service confirms tornado hit R.I. and Mass.

25 Jul 2008 18:00 GMT

... Weather service confirms tornado hit R.I. and Mass. BOSTON (AP) ... that a small tornado touched down in Rhode Island and ripped across the Massachusetts border, knocking ...

One dead as suspected tornado levels N.H. homes

25 Jul 2008 16:12 GMT

... scattered after a severe thunderstorm and possible tornado passed through Epsom, N.H., Thursday, killing one ... that a small tornado touched down in Rhode Island and ripped across the Massachusetts border, knocking ... a downpour in the western mountain town. Heavy rain was also reported in Paris and other ...

Powerful N.H. storm leaves death, devastation

25 Jul 2008 09:33 GMT

... EPSOM, N.H. - A violent thunderstorm with tornado-like winds tore through New Hampshire yesterday, killing ... that a small tornado set down in Rhode Island and traveled about 4 miles into Massachusetts ...

Weather service confirms tornado hit RI, Mass.

25 Jul 2008 08:33 GMT

... Weather service confirms tornado hit RI, Mass. Meteorologists have confirmed that ... that a small tornado touched down in Rhode Island and ripped across the Massachusetts border, knocking ...

Genealogy Today: Church records provide wealth of information

25 Jul 2008 05:14 GMT

... to locate. Last month we discussed the Quakers and no other set of church records ... All of the New England states except Rhode Island adhered to Congregationalism. Rhode Island was founded ...

11,000 Wake To Homes Darkened By Storms

25 Jul 2008 04:47 GMT

... afternoon, the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning in Rhode Island. The weather service ... service said that trained weather spotters in Rhode Island reported seeing a funnel cloud off Barrington ...

Violent rainstorm saturates the city

25 Jul 2008 03:56 GMT

... in Warren, R.I., and Swansea was a tornado. There fortunately wasn't very much damage to ... expected to rival the intensity of the heavy rains, thunder and lightning that came through the ... after the funnel cloud was spotted in Rhode Island. Rick Ferreira, director of the Taunton Emergency ...

Wednesday Funnel Cloud Confirmed As Tornado

25 Jul 2008 00:36 GMT

... National Weather Service has confirmed that a tornado touched down Wednesday afternoon in Swansea. The ... as severe thunderstorms swept through parts of Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. A tornado warning was ... sea around 5:30 p.m. The storm produced heavy rains. Some areas reported hail as big a ...

Tornado touches down on Mass.-R.I. border

25 Jul 2008 00:06 GMT

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Flower power hits Tower Hill this weekend

24 Jul 2008 18:33 GMT

... their varied sizes and shapes, resistance to drought and pests and suitability for most landscapes ... which was created for the University of Rhode Island's master gardener's program. The lecture is $10 ...

Old School P.E. Draws Adults To Gym

24 Jul 2008 13:53 GMT

... gym class for adults is offered at Rhode Island's Newport Recreation Center. There are warm-up exercises ... redistributed. cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" class="row3table" id="tmp10tbl2"> Floods can have a devastating effect on your ...

Wild storms swamp state, send Patriots scrambling

24 Jul 2008 13:32 GMT

... much of the same as pockets of heavy rain are expected throughout the day. The National ... about 15,000 National Grid customers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire are without power. There ...