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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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
Thousands of homes in Rhode Island already without power
More than 8,000 customers had reported power outages in Rhode Island as of 9:30 a.m. Tropical Storm Henri is set to make landfall on the Northeast, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee announced during a press briefing Sunday morning.
McKee warned residents to brace for high winds, loss of power and flooding, urging them, "rather safe than sorry."
"I'm asking you, Rhode Island, to stay home until this storm passes," McKee said.
-ABC News' Will McDuffie
Outer bands begin to reach New England coast
Henri is currently a category 1 hurricane with 75 mph max sustained winds as outer bands start to reach the southern New England coast and Long Island.
Hurricane warnings are in effect for Long Island, Connecticut and Rhode Island, and tropical storm warnings stretch from New Jersey to Massachusetts.
Flash flood warnings have been ongoing as heavy rain has moved through, with around 4.5 inches of rain falling in Central Park — at a rate of almost 2 inches per hour -- and 6 inches falling in Brooklyn. This is just the beginning of the rain the Northeast will see as Henri moves through.
Flood watches are posted from Delaware to Vermont, and rain totals may reach or exceed 10 inches.
The path is sticking east, and it appears that the center of Henri could stay just off the eastern edge of Long Island, before making landfall early afternoon in Rhode Island at or near hurricane strength.
Once landfall occurs, rapid weakening is expected.
The storm conditions will likely cause numerous power outages, and an isolated tornado is also possible.