HENRI

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Tropical-Weather-Atlantic The back yard of a house is seen partially flooded during the passing of Tropical Storm Henri in Helmetta, N.J., Monday, Aug. 23, 2021. Roseann and John Kiernan faced throwing out their appliances, ripping up walls and carpets and replacing their ruined car. He also planned to visit Helmetta, where about 200 residents fled their homes, and Jamesburg, where Henri flooded downtown streets. Firefighters said they helped evacuate 18 homes and performed several rescues after Henri dumped about 5 inches of rain in town, the highest total in the state. An additional couple of inches of rain was possible, and flood watches remained in effect.

President Joe Biden has declared disasters in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut, opening the purse strings for federal recovery aid to those states. When Henri made landfall near Westerly, Rhode Island, it had sustained winds of about 60 mph (97 kph) and gusts as high as 70 mph (110 kph). It cut power to 140,000 homes, closed bridges, swamped roads and left some people stranded in their vehicles. Several major bridges in Rhode Island were briefly shuttered Sunday, and some coastal roads were nearly impassable. Concerns had been high when Henri was briefly rated a hurricane, with stronger winds and greater potential for a damaging storm, before it was downgraded to a tropical storm.

Here's what's happening in the tropics.

Over 140,000 homes lost power, and deluges of rain closed bridges, swamped roads and left some people stranded in their vehicles.

Conditions to deteriorate Sunday morning with landfall anticipated by around middy

The National Hurricane Center is monitoring Grace, Henri and another area in the tropics.

Henri is now a hurricane and is expected to hit Long Island or southern New England late on Sunday.View Entire Post ›

Officials in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York cautioned that people could lose power for a week or even longer.

Temperatures will feel like 100-110 degrees again Saturday.

As of 11 a.m. Thursday, Tropical Storm Henri continues to churn about 400 miles off of the Florida coast as it slowly lifts away from the Sunshine State.

It's been 30 years since a hurricane made a direct landfall in New England. But there's some chance that streak will end later this weekend.

It's been 30 years since a hurricane made a direct landfall in New England. But there's some chance that streak will end later this weekend.

It's been 30 years since a hurricane made a direct landfall in New England. But there's some chance that streak will end later this weekend.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (GOES-16) captured an aerial view of North America, showing hurricanes Grace and Linda, along with tropical storms Fred and Henri, and smoke from major fires in California, on Aug. 18, 2021.

The tropics remain active with <a href="https://www.clickorlando.com/weather/2021/08/18/grace-strengthens-into-second-hurricane-of-the-season/"><b>Grace</b></a> and <a href="https://www.clickorlando.com/weather/2021/08/19/track-models-updates-henri-could-impact-new-england-this-weekend/" target="_blank"><b>Henri</b></a> churning in the Caribbean and Atlantic respectively. Grace will continue to impact parts of Mexico while Henri could be pulled into New England over the weekend.

Other than an increasing rip current and higher surf, Henri will not be an issue for Florida.

Fred weakened from a tropical storm to a depression as it trekked inland.

The National Hurricane Center upgraded the system Monday evening.