Tropical Storm Henri made landfall at 12:15 p.m. on Sunday near Westerly, Rhode Island, according to the National Hurricane Center, as thousands of people already without power braced for the full effect of the storm.
More than 100,000 power outages were reported for customers up the northern East Coast as of 5:00 p.m. Sunday, with most of them in Rhode Island. Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and New Hampshire also reported outages.In New Jersey, at least 86 people were rescued from flooded vehicles related to the tropical storm by Sunday afternoon, according to the Newark Department of Public Safety.
"This house has been through so many hurricanes, and so many things have happened," Cherie Saunders, 68, toldJust before 4:30 p.m. Sunday, President Joe Biden spoke about the efforts to aid those affected by the tropical storm. A 5 p.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center said the storm had weakened slightly while moving across Connecticut. Henri was expected to stall over the New York-Connecticut border Sunday night before heading for southern Massachusetts Monday. Heavy rain and flooding is expected across the region overnight, the agency said.Ahead of landfall, Paul Muniz, 61, secured his boat.
In New York City, heavy rain from Saturday night into Sunday morning caused some infrastructure issues, as water poured into a train station in Queens. Several commuter train lines in New York City were suspended ahead of the storm, including lines on Metro-North, the Long Island Railroad and Amtrak.
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