PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — It’s been 35 years since Hurricane Bob roared through Southeastern New England.
We’ve seen other tropical systems impact our area since then, but Bob was the last hurricane to directly hit Rhode Island.
The Category 2 hurricane first made landfall on Block Island and then moved onshore at Newport.
With sustained winds of 90 mph and wind gusts upwards of 105 mph, the storm proved deadly. Seventeen lives were lost, six being in Connecticut…