Projo 7 to 7 News Blog

The National Weather Service today issued a flood warning for Pawtuxet Village in Cranston along with parts of Warwick.

Elsewhere, the commute was awful especially in parts of the East Bay where a park and ride lot in Barrington and intersections in Bristol were a foot underwater.

At greatest risk, the Weather Service says, are homes and businesses on Wellington Avenue and Avery Road in Cranston and Pioneer Avenue, Bellows Street, Venturi Avenue and a portion of River Street in Warwick.

At 9.5 feet, The river had already crested its banks at 6:30 a.m. The Weather Service warned the Pawtuxet could reach 11 feet by Friday afternoon. Flood stage is 9 feet.

The Weather Service hydrology graph shows the Pawtuxet falling back below its banks overnight.

With up 5 inches of rain forecast for some areas of Rhode Island, the Weather Service also issued a moderate flood warning for parts of the Blackstone River.

The Barrington River was over its banks at the White Church on Route 114 and the Providence River is flooding sidewalks in Waterplace.

In Newport harbor, the water was lapping at top of the sea wall near the Marriott on Long Wharf. King Park and Wellington Avenue were underwater at high tide Friday morning.

"Do not allow children to play near swollen rivers, streams or culverts," the Weather Service warned. "Swiftly moving water can pose an imminent threat to life."

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