Moving inland, Tropical Storm Henri drenches Northeast

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By DAVID KLEPPER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and DAVID PORTER

WESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — Tropical Storm Henri socked the Northeast with heavy wind and rain as it made landfall Sunday on the coast of Rhode Island, knocking out power to over 100,000 homes and causing deluges that closed bridges, swamped roads and left many people stranded in their vehicles.

The storm was downgraded from a hurricane before reaching New England, leaving many to breathe a sigh of relief in a region that has not taken a direct hit from a hurricane in decades. There were few early reports of major damage due to wind or surf.

But the storm’s heavy, sustained rains raised concerns about flooding from the storm that threatened to stall over the region before pivoting to the East and moving out to the Atlantic Ocean on Monday night. Some of the highest rain totals were expected inland.

By Sunday afternoon, Henri had sustained winds of about 50 mph as it moved inland across Connecticut, according to the National Hurricane Center. When it made landfall near Westerly, R.I., it had sustained winds of about 60 mph and gusts of up to 70 mph.



Matt Prue, from Stonington, Conn., walks out into the Atlantic Ocean to body surf the waves from Tropical Storm Henri as it approaches Westerly, R.I., Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)


Read more: https://apnews.com/article/tropical-storm-henri-hurricanes-35b9448730d64a02ca81da6cbbd6dc18

[PoliticAverse]

1. Got a bunch of rain and some wind on Long Island. n/t

[underpants]

2. The PGA moved the fourth round to Monday

They did that yesterday. Northern Trust Fed Ex playoff is playing almost in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty

[SheltieLover]

3. Stay safe, All!

[Jilly_in_VA]

4. It's supposed to pass

right over where spousal unit used to live in New Hampshire. Needless to say he's happy not to be living there any more!

[EarthFirst]

5. What part of life threatening rip currents do people not understand?

With all that’s occurring; and the demand for emergency services; why do people insist on risking their lives to surf during these storms?

I just don’t understand it...

[2naSalit]

6. American exceptionalism?

That's all I can come up with. I don't get it either.

[paleotn]

11. Nether do I.

[IronLionZion]

7. I wish these storms would quench the wildfires out west. nt

[AllaN01Bear]

8. eye second that motion.

[paleotn]

10. They're more than welcome to it.

[paleotn]

9. So far, we've been really lucky..

Henri never reached significant strength before landfall and fell apart quickly. Not much surge. Flooding is the primary worry. I spent much of my life in hurricane country and have been sweating this one. So far, so good.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. Henri has impacted many of us in SE PA

and I have about 1.5" so far from one of the fire hose bands from it as it was moving parallel to the Jersey coast and northward. We may be getting more overnight and tomorrow morning as the storm gets absorbed in an upper level Low to our south, starts to wobble and pivot the bands, and eventually starts to move back east, and out to sea. I'm just glad not to be north where the heaviest bands have set up over NE PA and across North Jersey.

I saw that that the last time RI got a direct hit from a tropical system was Hurricane Bob in 1991.