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March 2010 proved to be a record-setting month for Rhode Island. By March 30, the state had experienced record rainfall for the month of March, 15 inches (38 centimeters), according to the Disaster News Network. The following day, the Pawtucket (or Pawtuxet) River crested at 20.79 feet (6.34 meters), according to the U.S. National Weather Service. Throughout the state, residents had to contend with flooded roads, flooded basements, and overwhelmed sewage systems. On April 3, 2010, the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA's Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite captured this natural-color image of parts of Cranston and Warwick, Rhode Island. By the time ALI took this picture, floodwaters had receded somewhat, but flooding remained along the Pawtucket River, and in other low-lying areas, such as sodden ground near I-295. The muddy blue-green color along the river likely results from mud oozing around the trunks of trees that line the waterway. The large expanses of brown in the left third of...