Storm Hits Newport Hard

(Newport, RI)--Newport appeared to get the worst of a Tuesday afternoon storm that hit southern Rhode Island.The National Weather Service said a small sail boat was blown over in Newport Harbor, there was up to two feet of flooding on several streets and the Newport Rotary, and the Newport Library was closed due to flooding, among other reports.There was also up to one-and-a-half feet of flooding on Beach Street in Narragansett and one-and-a-quarter-inch hail reported in South Kingstown.

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