PORTSMOUTH

The rushing floodwaters underneath the pavement caused Fairview Lane in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, to buckle and collapse.

Wednesday’s storm ultimately dumped over 9 inches of rain in parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and nearly as much on New York City’s Staten Island. From flooding along the Blackstone River to a road collapse in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, NBC10 Boston has team coverage on the aftermath of the storm.

The scene has been stabilized right now in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, but there were definitely some very frightening moments early Thursday morning. A woman who lives on Fairview Lane was driving to work around 5:40 a.m. during Thursday’s storm when the road just crumbled from underneath her. The rushing floodwaters underneath the pavement caused it to buckle and collapse....

Large portions of a road in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, crumbled and collapsed underneath Debbie Furtado’s car as she was driving to work.

Authorities investigating an assault at a water park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, are seeking the public’s help identifying a woman in connection to the case. The Portsmouth Police Department released two photos of the person of interest on Friday in regard to an ongoing assault investigation. Police said the incident happened on Thursday at Water Country, located on Lafayette...

A group of activists blocked the entrance to a Raytheon plant in Rhode Island on Thursday morning to protest what they allege is the company’s role in the “killing of civilians” and “other human rights abuses.” Some members of the Fang Collective chained themselves to a car next to the guard shack at the entrance to the Portsmouth plant....

After his boat capsized off the coast of New Hampshire, Gloucester sailor Tom Cox is recalling how he was rescued. After sailing his 42-foot trimaran for 29 years, Cox was overconfident on Friday, he told NBC10 Boston Wednesday, thinking his boat, the Triad, was fast enough to outrun an incoming storm. “On the horizon, we saw cumulus clouds and rain…

Three people were rescued from the water Friday off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a beacon on a 42-foot sail boat that overturned. The people were on the bottom of the boat when rescuers arrived. “A vessel is significantly easier to spot in the ocean than a person,” Lt. Robert Turley, the...

An island garden that once inspired one of America’s foremost impressionist painters has been reconstructed on the New Hampshire mainland for a second summer because of the pandemic. In the late 1880s, members of Boston’s literary and artistic societies flocked Appledore Island off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Artist Childe Hassam kept a studio there and featured poet...

A man from Gloucester, Massachusetts, allegedly crashed into a parked police cruiser with flashing blue lights while an officer was directing traffic away from the scene of an earlier car crash Wednesday night in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Scott Richardson, 43, was arrested on scene and charged with driving while intoxicated and negligent driving. The Portsmouth police officer was standing outside…

First lady Dr. Jill Biden will travel to two New England states this weekend, she announced. Biden will visit Portland, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Saturday. The trip will be a part of the Biden administration’s “America’s Back Together” tour celebrating the progress the U.S. has made against COVID-19. According to the first lady’s office, Biden will arrive...

First Lady Jill Biden will travel to two New England states this weekend, she announced Tuesday. Biden will visit Portland, Maine, and Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Saturday. The trip will be a part of the Biden administration’s “America’s Back Together” tour celebrating the progress the U.S. has made against COVID-19. The first lady’s office did not specify when or...

Independence Day fireworks celebrations are returning in New Hampshire communities, but with some changes. In Portsmouth, the City Council voted to to hold the celebration on July 3, with a rain date of July 5. Last year’s event was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic. Seacoastonline.com reports City Manager Karen Conard said this year, there will be no entertainment, food or...

Anyone who’s ever wanted their own private island getaway now has a chance — and it might be less expensive than you’d think. The only house on a small island in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay has hit the market for an asking price of $399,900, The Newport Daily News reported Monday. The seasonal cottage on Patience Island is off the electrical...

New Hampshire lifted several coronavirus restrictions this week, allowing retail stores to open at 100% capacity and bars and restaurants to welcome back some live entertainment. Business owners in Portsmouth were thrilled on Friday, and residents — and even travelers — were ready for their city to open. “Like, as soon as I flipped my sign to open, I immediately…

Defensive end Chase Winovich, the Patriots’ answer to Thor, has been professing his love with Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and the feeling’s mutual. The football player started talking the city up on Twitter in January. “He spent some time here last year and fell in love with it and wants to continue, and I think it’s a great thing,” Mayor...

New England Patriots star Chase Winovich seems to have fallen in love with Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Residents aren’t surprised.

While the coronavirus vaccine rollout is going relatively smoothly in New Hampshire, one city is finding that its older residents are struggling to find transportation to their vaccine appointments. A Portsmouth city worker will now transport any of the city’s 3,500 seniors who need help getting to their vaccine appointment.  Brinn Sullivan, the city’s senior services supervisor, doesn’t normally...

With the coronavirus vaccine rollout underway in New Hampshire, one city is offering older residents a ride to their appointments.

A yoga instructor who returned to New Hampshire and taught classes after attending a rally preceding the breach of the U.S. Capitol has been issued a warning by New Hampshire’s attorney general. Joanna Chipi, owner of Zen Den Yoga in Portsmouth, attended went to the rally Jan. 6 and was teaching classes two days later, defying a required quarantine...