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Flood — Providence, Rhode Island
March 29, 2010 · NOAA Storm Events record
Event narrative (NOAA)
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 only two weeks prior of nearly 15 feet. The Woonasquatucket, Runnins, and Ten Mile Rivers also flooded.||Several small streams rose above flood stage across Providence County, including the Woonasquatucket River at Centerdale and the Branch River near North Smithfield.||Numerous streets and basements were flooded across all of Providence County, including Cranston, North Smithfield, Johnston, Scituate, East Providence, North Providence, Providence, Pawtucket, and Cumberland. Several were undermined and eroding aw
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.