Rhode Island Extends Travel Ban
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Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport recorded 37.9 inches of snow between Sunday, Feb. 22, and Monday, Feb. 23, surpassing the previous record set during the Blizzard of '78, which was 28.6 inches. Providence's 35.5 inches on Monday alone also broke the snowfall record for the date of Feb. 23, which was 3.8 inches in 1967, NWS said.
Rhode Island's total travel ban will end at noon on Tuesday, Feb. 24, Gov. Dan McKee announced during a press conference. The total travel ban had been in effect since 7 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22. The Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge,
For the third day in a row, schools are canceling around Rhode Island due to weather.
Salve Regina University football player Joseph Boutros died of carbon monoxide poisoning after charging his phone in a car during the blizzard.
Providence broke one of the largest records during The Weather Channel-branded Winter Storm Hernando, which blasted the Northeast in the form of a nor’easter bomb cyclone, and is now the biggest snowstorm in the history of the Rhode Island city.
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The winds from the blizzard have reached hurricane strength in Rhode Island. Here's where they've been the strongest.