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« Watson-Villegas clinch rain-delayed CVS golf tourney | Today | Iraqi refugee brings her story to Providence City Hall » June 24, 2008The day ice fell from the sky -- in JunePAWTUCKET -- If it's late June, it must mean patches of hail all over downtown. Not what you were expecting? Pawtucket appeared to have been hit pretty hard by the severe thunderstorm that passed through the region this afternoon, delivering rain and hail, from one reporter's observations. The surge of water from a storm drain was powerful enough to cause buckling on part of Armistice Boulevard, in the area of the Department of Public Works building, near George R. Bennet Industrial Highway. Mayor James Doyle said he expected the asphalt would need replacing. Doyle said he was told the water level on School Street was so high that cars slid into each other. Tree leaves are strewn all over roads. A city Department of Public Works worker said there was flooding on the Roosevelt Avenue Extension, near the Pawtucket River. A couple of cars got stuck on the road where it becomes Pleasant Street. -- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney, with reports from Journal staff writer John Castellucci Posted by Mike McKinney CommentsMatt | June 24, 2008 9:50 PM link It's a good thing that the hailstorm didn't occur the day before, when the British Royal Air Force did a flyover. (They were already delayed in leaving Virginia due a storm there.) Wouldn't that have been some crazy way to greet the Brits! And they thought London weather was bad... Storm trooper | June 25, 2008 9:43 AM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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In Pawtucket I saw this one place where the ice piled up. Nowhere else in line of sight was there this much ice, it was somewhat mysterious.