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RI News
8:46 am
Fri January 25, 2013

Cold weather creates overcrowding in shelters

Credit Aaron Read
Snowfall in downtown Providence

We’re about to get a slight break from the Arctic cold we’ve been enduring.  Until then, Rhode Island area shelters are bursting at the seams as the homeless seek shelter from single digit temperatures. 

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RI News
6:05 am
Tue January 22, 2013

Overnight snow delays some schools, makes driving tougher

Credit Lydia Rogers
Downtown Providence

(PROVIDENCE, RI) The National Weather Service says the snow will stop and it will be cold the rest of the week.  For the latest information on RI school closings and delays click here. 

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RI News
5:45 am
Wed January 16, 2013

Slippery roads and school delays

(PROVIDENCE, RI) There are many delayed openings for local schools this morning.  And there is no school for Foster-Glocester.  For a complete list click here.

Prepare for a slippery, snowy commute this morning according to National Weather Service meteorologist Stephanie Dunten.   She says the amount of snow will vary through-out the state.  She expects the Providence area will get two-to-four inches of snow.

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Environment
9:12 am
Tue January 1, 2013

2012 News Countdown: Superstorm Sandy devastates part of RI shoreline

Credit Kristin Gourlay
Waves crash over Narragansett sea wall.

(PROVIDENCE, RI)

It was a busy year in the Ocean State, and Rhode Island Public Radio’s counting down the top
ten news stories of 2012. At number three is the damage brought by Superstorm Sandy.  

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