Henri to leave Northeast Monday night, flood watches remain in effect
Flood watches are in effect from northeastern Pennsylvania to New Hampshire.
Henri continues to churn across the Northeast where heavy rain and flooding are still possible through Monday night.
Flood watches remain in effect from northeastern Pennsylvania to New Hampshire.
The storm made landfall as a tropical storm in Rhode Island early Sunday afternoon, bringing wind gusts up to 70 miles per hour and a storm surge of up to 4 feet to the surrounding regions. Over 9 inches of rain was recorded in Brooklyn, New York. Henri weakened to a tropical depression on Sunday night and will leave the Northeast by Monday night.
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System expected to weaken to tropical depression
Now that Tropical Storm Henri has hit land, it is forecast to weaken to a tropical depression by Monday morning as it moves through southern Vermont.
Wind gusts of 70 mph were reported in Point Judith, Rhode Island, and 69 mph in Block Island, Rhode Island.
Tropical storm force winds with gusts up to 50 mph will continue over parts of eastern Long Island, New York and New England. Storm surge between 2 and 4 feet will be an ongoing issue for southern Connecticut and eastern Long Island, New York through Sunday.
The current track then has the system moving north-northwest, withering to a weak tropical storm in upstate New York before becoming a depression.
More than 40 million people across the Northeast will be under flash flood watches. Nearly 9 inches of rain from Sunday morning alone were reported in parts of New Jersey.
Additional rainfall amounts up to 3 inches are possible in parts of northern New Jersey, Connecticut, eastern Pennsylvania, and southern New York.
-ABC News’ Melissa Griffin and Hope Osemwenkhae
Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island
Tropical Storm Henri made landfall along the coast of Rhode Island, near Westerly, at approximately 12:15 pm ET on Sunday afternoon. At that time, maximum sustained winds were estimated to be 60 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service.
Nearly 85,000 without power in Northeast
The number of power outages in the Northeast are continuing to rise as Tropical Storm Henri inches closer to land.
About 66,837 customers in Rhode Island, 12,591 customers in Connecticut and 5,389 customers in Massachusetts have reported that they have lost power, according to PowerOutage.US, a project that tracks outages across the country.
-ABC News’ Joshua Hoyos
Center of storm passing close to Connecticut
The center of Tropical Storm Henri is currently passing near Block Island, Rhode Island, as it marches toward southern New England.
The system is about 15 miles east of Montauk Point, New York, and about 50 miles south-southwest of Providence, Rhode Island. It is moving north-northwest at 12 mph with 60 mph max sustained winds.
Wind gusts of 69 mph have been reported in Point Judith, Rhode Island, and 65 mph in Block Island, Rhode Island.
The latest track has the storm moving northwest before making landfall near the border of Connecticut and Rhode Island Sunday afternoon.
Tropical storm warnings remain in effect from New York to Massachusetts.
-ABC News’ Samantha Wnek