By Richard C. Dujardin
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Heavy showers moving across Rhode Island brought flooding to streets in several communities late Friday afternoon, bringing traffic to a halt at some intersections before the waters subsided.
Police in Barrington said before the flooding subsided, a car was stranded at County Road and Waseca Avenue, and another on Bosworth Street.
Warwick police said they received numerous calls during the height of the storm but the biggest problem spots were Old Forge Road and at Post Road and Cowesett Road.
In Providence, firefighters were sent scampering to nearly 20 locations where box alarms were triggered by wet weather.