(WJAR) — About 20,000 Rhode Island Energy customers were without power on Friday afternoon.
Storm Team 10 issued a Weather Alert on Friday before of the strong storm system that was moving through the area.
That would include wind gusts and moments of heavy rain.
The Rhode Island power outage map reported that 14, 905 customers were without power.
The outages were all over the Rhode Island.
Some of the largest numbers were in the Valley neighborhood in Providence.
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority issued a warning for the Newport Pell Bridge and the Jamestown-Verrazzano Bridge.
In its warning, it said only automobiles, pickup trucks, flatbed trailers, and commercial busses were permitted to cross those bridges around Noon.
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