by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Jan 2, 2025 | Coastal Communities, News, Uncategorized
Program Adds Riverine Flooding to Data Collected, Partners with Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, RIDOT The year 2024 saw significant growth for the MyCoast RI program. MyCoast RI volunteers submitted more than 600 photos of king tides throughout coastal Rhode...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Dec 6, 2024 | Coastal Communities, News
Tony Murgo, also a Bristol town planning board member, uses MyCoast to track flooding Right after a storm in December 2023, Tony Murgo, a lifetime Bristol resident, caught sight of something new. “The creek was so full, I really couldn’t believe it what I was...
by Rhode Island Sea Grant | Sep 9, 2019 | Coastal Communities, Marine Law, News
Coastal communities in the Ocean State will be faced with difficult choices in the not-so-distant future as the encroachment of the sea and more powerful storms increase flooding in low-lying areas. One of those difficult choices is deciding what to do with vulnerable...