Henri to leave Northeast Monday night, flood watches remain in effect

President Joe Biden updated Americans on the federal government's response to Tropical Storm Henri.

Biden reiterated that he has approved the state of emergency orders declared in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and New York and said the Federal Emergency Management Agency is ready to help affected communities.

He said thousands of live crews from the agency are already on their way.

"They'll clean up fallen trees, help local utilities repair damaged lines and restore service as fast as possible," Biden said at his news conference.

Biden warned that the storm is still causing flooding and reminded affected residents to prepare for more damage throughout the coming days.

As of 4:10 p.m., there are at least 121,993 customers without power in five states, according to PowerOutage.US, a site that aggregates power outage reports.

Rhode Island has the most power outage numbers with 75,868, followed by Connecticut,  29,776, Massachusetts, 9,205, New Jersey, 4,009 and New York, 3,135.

Tropical Storm Henri's impact continues to be felt throughout the East Coast even though its strength has weakened.

The storm is now producing wind gusts up to 50 mph and is moving northwest through Rhode Island.

Tropical storm warnings remain in effect for New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

New flash flood warnings were issued in parts of New York City, Westchester, New York, and northeastern New Jersey counties.

Current rain totals range from 3.7 inches in New London, Connecticut, to 7.82 inches in Brooklyn.

--ABC News’ Hope Osemwenkhae

Tropical Storm Henri has already begun to lose strength as it moves inland after making landfall in Rhode Island around 12:15 p.m. Sunday.

The system was 5 miles east of Westerly, Rhode Island, at 2 p.m., moving northwest at 9 mph with sustained winds of 50 mph.

Tropical storm force winds are still expected along the south shore of Long Island, New York, and across southeast Connecticut.

The strongest winds will be along coastal areas of New England and Long Island through Sunday evening.

Gusts of 50 mph or higher are possible as the center of the storm tracks through the Northeast.

The primary threat Sunday will be flash flooding across most of the region.

Since the system is slowing down, the outerbands are continuing to bring heavy rain from New Jersey to Massachusetts.

Nine states remain under a flash flood watch through Monday. Three states – New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts, are under flash flood warnings.  

An additional 2 to 4 inches of rainfall will be possible the already soaked region, including New York City.  

-ABC News’ Hope Osemwenkhae