Sandbags block the entrance to the Macy's store attached to the Warwick Mall in Warwick, R.I., as floodwater from the Pawtuxet River rises, Wednesday, March 31, 2010. The Pawtuxet River is predicted to hit a record stage of 20.9 feet, 11 feet above floor stage. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
- Sandbags block the entrance to the Macy's store attached to the Warwick Mall in Warwick, R.I., as floodwater from the Pawtuxet River rises, Wednesday, March 31, 2010. The Pawtuxet River is predicted to hit a record stage of 20.9 feet, 11 feet above floor stage. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
- A tow truck driver hooks up a car that crashed on a water-covered road, forcing it into a flooded area, in Lincoln, R.I., Tuesday, March 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
- Firefighter Scott Grace, of the East Providence, R.I., fire department, right, guides an elderly couple to dry land after rescuing them from their flooded neighborhood in East Providence, Tuesday, March 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
- Lt. Brian Poland, of the East Providence, R.I., fire department, carries Phyllis Rego to dry land while helping rescue her from a flooded neighborhood in East Providence, Tuesday, March 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
- Phyllis Rego, of East Providence, R.I., thanks firefighters for rescuing her and her husband from their flooded neighborhood in East Providence, Tuesday, March 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
- An abandoned truck sits in flood water on Industrial Lane in West Warwick, R.I.,Tuesday, March 30, 2010. The Pawtuxet River is predicted to hit a record stage of 17.5 feet, eight feet above floor stage. (AP/Stew Milne)
- An unidentified resident on Perkins Ave., in Cranston, R.I., removes valuables from his house as flood waters from the Pawtuxet River rise in his basement, Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in Cranston, R.I. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
- A man leaps across flooded Valley Street in Providence, R.I., Tuesday, March 30, 2010. Heavy rains and swollen rivers have caused flooding in the area. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
- Employees at a business watch the water rise on Industrial Lane in West Warwick, R.I.,Tuesday, March 30, 2010. The Pawtuxet River is predicted to hit a record stage of 17.5 feet, eight feet above floor stage. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
- West Warwick, R.I., firefighters evacuate residents from their flooded houses near the Pawtuxet River, Tuesday, March 30, 2010. (AP/Stew Milne)
- Rhode Island School Closings (Photo screen shot ribroadcasters.com)
- Rhode Island School Closings (Photo screen shot ribroadcasters.com)
- Estimated Rainfall (Photo screen shot wpri.com)
- Flooding in Rhode Island (Photo screen shot abc6.com)
- Flooding in Rhode Island (Photo screen shot abc6.com)
- West Warwick, R.I., firefighters evacuate an elderly resident from her flooded house near the Pawtuxet River, Tuesday, March 30, 2010. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
- Signs are posted on a house on Perkins Ave. in Cranston, R.I., where the street is flooded by the rising waters of the Pawtuxet River, Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in Cranston, R.I. (AP/Stew Milne)
- A car sits submerged in the parking lot of the Warwick Mall on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 in Warwick, R.I. The mall is adjacent to the Pawtuxet River which crested earlier in the day after heavy rainfall. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin)
- Cars sit submerged in the parking lot outside the Warwick Mall on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 in Warwick, R.I. The mall is adjacent to the Pawtuxet River which crested earlier in the day after heavy rainfall. (AP Photo/Joe Giblin)
- A resident on Perkins Ave. in Cranston, R.I., walks with a hose to help pump out the water from his house, Tuesday, March 30, 2010, in Cranston, R.I. The street backs up to the Pawtuxet River, which is predicted to his a record stage of 17 feet, eight feet above floor stage. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)
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