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NORTON, MA — The National Weather Service warns of high wind starting late tonight and lasting till 9 a.m. Friday, according to the agency’s high wind warning. The NWS warns […]
![[CREDIT: National Grid] Wednesday's storm cut power to about 90,000 homes, with a wind advisory remaining in effect through the afternoon.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/RI-storm-power-outages-wind-advisory-140x140.png)
WARWICK, RI — A blustery storm has knocked out power to about 90,000 homes in Rhode Island, including 12,645 in Warwick, with a wind advisory remaining in place until 2 […]
![[CREDIT: National Grid] Tropical Storm-Isaias winds knocked out power for 87,000 Rhode Islanders Tuesday.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Tropical-Storm-Isaias-RI-power-outages-140x140.png)
WARWICK, RI — Strong winds from Tropical Storm Isaias have knocked down power lines, cutting power to 87,000 Rhode Islanders, including 2,346 sporadic outages in Warwick, with Coventry, Cranston and […]
![[CREDIT: National Grid] The National Grid Power Outage Map shows about 779 customers without power as of Tuesday morning. A second damaging nor'easter is expected tomorrow.](https://warwickpost.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Power-Ougate-Map-March-6-140x140.png)
National Grid estimates the remaining 2,529 people still waiting for their electrical service to be restored in Rhode Island, about 791 in Kent County, will get the lights back on by the end of Tuesday, hours ahead of another potentially power line damaging snowstorm forecast by the National Weather Service.
About 1,700 people in Warwick were without power following a reported transformer fire on Sandy Lane in Warwick Sunday night at about 8:30 p.m.
Mayor Scott Avedisian’s office is alerting citizens that National Grid will be replacing the gas mains on East Avenue in coordination with the Kent County Water Authority (KCWA) water main replacement project, starting tonight.
The City Council tackled the remainder of department reviews during Monday night’s budget hearing, with three councilors expressing disappointment that paving funding, a routine sticking point, is dropping $2.3 million to $1 million.
Warwick, RI — Warwick firefighters were called by National Grid to the area of 78 Jefferson Boulevard for pole and wire fire that also caused a small brush fire on the […]
A driver crashed their car into a pole on Sandy Lane this morning at about 8:30 a.m., knocking out power before fleeing the scene, where traffic began snarling and remains a challenge for motorists.
As Warwick Post covered the aftermath of the storm, which surprised many people despite warnings of severe thunderstorms that morning, residents provided a series of quick photos that gave their neighbors a view of the damage.
National Grid executives have 85 of their 230 crews working in Warwick after Tuesday’s storm, but residents in Governor Francis neighborhood, one of the hardest hit areas in the city, are skeptical power will be restored soon.
Warwick was among five communities struck by a power outage at about 2 p.m. that cut power to 27,000 customers in the city, parts of Cranston, East Greenwich, West Warwick and Coventry for about an hour.
