Brown to host film screenings, climate discussion as part of city-wide Providence-Florence festival
November 06, 2024
November 06, 2024
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island, Nov. 6 -- Brown University issued the following news:
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] On Aug. 31, 1954, Hurricane Carol made landfall in New England, unleashing one of the most destructive storms in the region's history. In Rhode Island, the Category 3 hurricane swept through the state with peak wind gusts of 135 mph, flooding parts of Providence with up to 12 feet of water. Massive storm surges inundated coastal neighborhoods, leaving uprooted trees, s . . .
PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] On Aug. 31, 1954, Hurricane Carol made landfall in New England, unleashing one of the most destructive storms in the region's history. In Rhode Island, the Category 3 hurricane swept through the state with peak wind gusts of 135 mph, flooding parts of Providence with up to 12 feet of water. Massive storm surges inundated coastal neighborhoods, leaving uprooted trees, s . . .