Storm causes flooding, power outages for thousands in Bristol County
By Ethan Hartley
Posted 12/18/23
Over 2,000 people in Bristol County have lost power amidst a strong storm surge that swept across the state on Monday, Dec. 18.
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Storm causes flooding, power outages for thousands in Bristol County
Poppasquash Road in Bristol was completely inundated with water as the surrounding waters approached high tide.
Courtesy of Bruce Burdett
The bike path on Hope Street near Sip N' Dip Donuts more resembled a boat path.
Courtesy of Bob Hamel
The area around the Bristol Town Marina began to flood during the afternoon during high tide.
Christy Nadalin
Rockwell Park in Bristol began flooding in the afternoon as well as high tide came in.
Christy Nadalin
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Bruce Burdett
Poppasquash Road in Bristol was inundated with flood water on Monday afternoon, and was closed off to all travel.
In Bristol, as of 1:45 p.m., 846 people were without power throughout the town according to Rhode Island Energy's outage map, with various outages peppered throughout the downtown area. In Barrington, a reported 1,320 were without power, and 176 were without power in Warren.
In Bristol, Poppasquash Road was completely closed to traffic as it was totally overrun with water as of high tide around 12:00 p.m. this afternoon. Hope and Washington Streets (near Guiteras Elementary School) was also closed due to flooding. A tree also reportedly fell across Coggeshall Farm Road, bringing out crews to clear the debris.
