Henri treks slowly across Northeast, threatens inland floods
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.
wftv.comHenri's lazy remnants hinder cleanup, threaten inland floods
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.
wftv.comNorth America is surrounded by 4 storms and wildfire smoke in this satellite view
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.
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