Cleanup is ongoing on Peace Street, where the roof of a commercial building collapsed due to the heavy rain. Four tenants now have to move their businesses, and they might not get back for months.
The storm hit Providence particularly hard. Monday afternoon, a man caught in a flash flood was rescued from his submerged vehicle by neighbors. About 100 yards of Interstate 95 flooded.
All that water tied up traffic again Tuesday — it poured into the Providence DMV office. Eighty-five drivers couldn't take their tests at the Melrose Street location because it was closed due to high water. "The staff arrived here this morning, about 7 o'clock, to find about 20 inches of water in the building," said Rhode Island Department of Revenue spokesman Paul Grimaldi.
At Brown University, first-year students who just moved into dorms off the Keeney Quad are now drying out after water seeped into their building's first floor."It's a tradition that a lot of people care about," said freshman Jack Budofsky."Now we've got to see how we can make the other parts of the building safe enough to be occupied while we work on what needs to happen here," explained Jerry Batista.
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