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Rescuing a Flood Victim
Photos: RI school cancellations are already being announced due to record rainfall flood totals. Road closures are preventing school buses in Coventry, West Warwick, Warwick, East Greenwich, and many other towns, from getting kids to school and back safely. Road closings and power outages as well as health safety is a major concern - for home and at school. The Sewerage Treatment Plant in Warwick and others in the state are in danger of being compromised, which means raw sewerage backing up into houses, or spilling out onto the ground water. Read this article about NOT FLUSHING the toilet.
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The Blackstone River in Woonsocket was predicted to hit 18 feet at 2 a.m. and then start to recede. The Scituate Reservoir Dam was dumping approximately 31,000 gallons of water per second into the North Branch of the Pawtuxet River, making the predicted crest higher at 20 feet by about 2:00am. That's an additional 11 feet over the flood stage of 9.0 feet. Governor Donald Carcieri and state officials expect the 2010 Rhode Island flooding to be the worst to hit the state in more than 100 years. "The worst is still ahead of us," he said during a broadcast carried live on the state's major TV stations. 'We're in a serious, serious situation.'"
Rhode Island School Closings
Check out this list for more up-to-date school closures. No doubt there will be additional school closings as the morning comes around. This website also includes Massachusetts and Connecticut public school closings as well as Vo-Tech schools, charter schools, pre-school and daycare centers, community groups, government and health services that are closed or delayed.
Rhode Island Public School Closings as of March 31, 2:01am
Rhode Island Private and Catholic School Closures
Road Closures in and Around Kent County Rhode Island by the State of Rhode Island Department of Transportation. These road closures will be updated regularly as flooding conditions change, so be sure to bookmark the R.I. DOT website. The projo.com reported that, "Route 95 south was closed from the Route 37 interchange (exit 14) to the merge with Route 295 (exit 11) at 9:30 p.m. The state police said motorists attempting to reconnect with Route 95 could do so by going west on Route 37 and then south on Route 295."
- Pontiac Ave. North of Garden City Drive , Cranston--------- Closed
- Providence Street @ West Warwick Town line ------------ Closed
- Bald Hill Road, from RI mall to Cranston City line.------ Closed
- Rt. 117 @ Tollgate Rd (Rt. 115) @ Intersections, Warwick –Open
- Rt. 117 @ Apponaug, 4 Corners Intersection, Warwick------Closed
- Elmwood Avenue Bridge, Cranston------------------------------Closed
- Post Rd @ South of Chepiwanoxet Way, Warwick------------Closed
- Pippin Orchard Rd. with Orchard Rd. & Laten Knight Rd. Cranston---Closed
- I-95 SB Exit 15 Ramp to Jefferson Blvd, Warwick----------- Closed
- Rt. 118 @ Quidneck Reservoir @ Bridge ------------------- Closed
- Airport Connector from I-95 to Post Rd, Warwick -------- Closed
- Bridge No. 185 Pontiac Bridge @ RI 5 Greenwich Ave. Warwick – Closed
- Warwick Ave. from Park Ave. to Shaws plaza, Warwick ------ Closed
- I-95 SB closed at Exit 14. Use Rte. 37 WB to I-295 SB to return to I-95 SB. Alternate: In Providence, use Rte. 6 WB to I-295 SB to I-95 SB
- I-95 NB closed at Exit 11 (I-295). Follow to Rte. 37 EB to return to I-95.
Check out the link above from the R.I. DOT for road closures in Washington South/Hope Valley, Bristol Division/East Providence, Providence Division/Lincoln Facility, Washington North /Belleville Facility, Newport Division/ Portsmouth Facility, and the Northwest Division/ Glocester Facility.
Watch this YouTube video from WPRI Eyewitness News for more details on the Rhode Island Flood.
Sources: ribroadcasters.com; googlemaps.com; abc6.com/news; dot.state.ri.us; wpri.com
Photo: abc6.com screen shot
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