By Thomas J. Morgan
A year ago today:
Record rainfall through the night floods streets and low-lying areas, causing road closures at the height of the morning commute and a flood warning for the Pawtuxet River.
5 years ago today:
A construction crew accidentally ruptures a gas line near a warehouse in the Diamond Hill Industrial Park in Cumberland. Warehouse workers were evacuated while a National Grid crew made repairs.
25 years ago today:
David Mulligan, 5, of Newport, who was visiting Walt Disney World with his mother drowns in a hotel swimming pool afternoon while playing a game with another child.
A spokesman for the Orange County, Fla. sheriff's office said David and the other child were competing to see who could hold his breath longer underwater.