In 2014, winter storms caused $2.3 billion in insured losses, second only to damage caused by severe thunderstorms, according to Munich Re. “Severe winter weather caused 15 percent of all insured auto, home and business catastrophe losses in the United …
Some of the areas hardest hit by the blizzard that tore through the state were on the coastline, where oceanfront homes took the brunt of raging seas. In Marshfield, officials were still assessing the damage but said at least four …
A Revolutionary War replica tall ship has been toppled by strong wind gusts during the snowstorm that’s pounding Rhode Island. Thorpe Leeson, owner and captain of the Continental Sloop Providence, says Tuesday the 110-foot ship was extensively damaged when it …