Providence storm history

Heavy rain over the same part of Rhode Island for the second day in a row resulted in widespread flash flooding across much of Kent County and Cranston. Information on flooding in Kent County can be found in a separate event entry for Kent County. In Cranston, a car became stuck …

Six to nine inches of rain fell across Providence County, resulting in rises on both the Blackstone River at Woonsocket and the Pawtuxet River at Cranston. The Blackstone rose to moderate flood and the Pawtuxet rose to nearly 21 feet, surpassing the previous flood of record set o…

In Cranston, a tree and wires were down.

In North Smithfield, a tree was down and on fire due to lightning.

In Pawtucket, a tree was down on a house.

In North Providence, a tree was down on wires on Randall Rd.

In Providence, a tree was down on Prairie Ave.

In Providence, a tree was down on Wallace St.

In Woonsocket, there was a porch fire due to lightning on Summer Place.

In Burrillville, a tree was down blocking the westbound lane of East Ave.

In Foster Rhode Island, quarter sized hail fell.

In Providence, dozens of trees were down across the city, including two dozen in Roger Williams Park. A utility pole was also downed.

In Smithfield, multiple trees down on Macarthur and Eisenhower Dr.

In Glocester, a few trees were downed on Rt 44 at Dorr Dr and Indian Trail.

In Glocester, many large trees were downed near the intersection of Cooper and Douglas Rd.

In Johnston, several trees were downed or uprooted.

In North Smithfield, a tree was down blocking Farnum Pike and Greenville Rd at Rt 7.

In Lincoln, a tree and power lines were downed at Douglas Pike at Whipple Rd.

In East Providence, a tree was downed blocking one lane on Pleasant St.

In Central Falls, several trees and wires were down on Lonsdale Ave.

In Providence, Pavillion Ave at Eddy St was impassible due to flooding. There were reports of ongoing water rescues due to flooding in Providence.

In Providence, George St was flooded with manhole covers popped off.

In Providence, portions of Vandewater St, Charles St, and Barnes St were flooded and impassable.

Flooding as deep as 2 to 3 feet affected many of the same locations that were flooded during the January 9-10, 2024 storm including Branch Avenue, Valley Street, Charles Street, Hartford Avenue, and Pocasset Avenue in Providence.

Places like Cranston and North Providence recieved 4.86 inches and 4.54 inches of rain respectively. In Central Falls at 1:00 AM EST a section of Higginson Ave was closed due to flooding. At 2:10 AM EST in Johnston the exit off ramps of Rt 6 East and Rt 6 West to Atwood Ave were …

In Glocester, a tree and wires were down on Bungy Rd.

In Woonsocket, two cars were stuck in street flooding on Mandeville Hill Rd.

In Woonsocket, a car was stuck in flooding on Railroad St.

In Woonsocket, there was 2 feet of water in a back yard entering a house.

In Pawtucket, Newport Ave at Ferris Ave was flooded.

In Lincoln, Breakneck Hill Rd was flooded.

In Pawtucket, Newport Ave was flooded.

In Pawtucket, cars were stuck in flood waters near Armisticle Blvd.

In North Providence, there was a flooded basement on Brown Ave.

In North Providence, there was a flooded basement on Brown Ave.

In North Providence, Branch Ave was closed with cars stranded.

In Cumberland, there was an inch of basement flooding along Pennsylvania Ave.

In Cumberland, there was an inch of basement flooding along Pennsylvania Ave.

In Cumberland, water entered homes on Fairhaven Rd. Marshall Ave was flooded and water came into a home through the basement window on Mowry Ave.

In Providence, multiple water rescues were done for vehicles stranded in flood waters. Rt 10 was closed and several manhole covers were pushed up.

In Providence, there was water covering Rt 10 at Union Ave.

In Cranston, Scituate Ave was flooded.

In Scituate, there were numerous trees down on Byron Randall Rd. Additionally, a tree was down on a home.

In Providence, multiple trees and wires were down.

In Scituate, there was a tree down on a house.