WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Jack Reed issued the following press release:
As an historic blizzard slams the northeast and has already caused severe power outages for tens of thousands of Rhode Islanders, and with high winds and a significant amount of snow forecast in the hours ahead, U.S. Senators Jack Reed and Sheldon Whitehouse and U.S. Representatives Seth Magaziner and Gabe Amo are urging President Trump to make federal assistance available to Rhode Island (https://www.reed.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2026-02-22_ri_blizzard_-_letter.pdf), if requested, to support emergency operations and recovery due to the blizzard conditions.
The National Weather Service has issued a Blizzard Warning for the entire state of Rhode Island. The coastal s...