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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Outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds press briefing on storm
Disgraced New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is set to leave office this week following his resignation, gave a press briefing Sunday morning as Tropical Storm Henri continued to march up the East Coast.
Cuomo emphasized the concern over a 3-to 5-foot storm surge around Long Island and New York City, and announced the approval by President Joe Biden for a pre-landfall emergency declaration.
"Thank you so much to President Biden, who is a good man and a good soul – and I’ve known him for a long time," Cuomo said, adding that Biden "always fundamentally does the right thing."
New York City transit is expected to operate fully until further notice, but some commuter train lines have been suspended, transportation officials said.
New York Lt. Gov. Kathy Horchul is expected to be sworn in as 57th governor of New York State on Tuesday.
Henri continues its track north
Tropical Storm Henri continued to march up the Northeast coast but has not yet made landfall.
As of 9 a.m. Sunday, the system was 30 miles east-southeast of Montauk Point, New York, and 60 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island, with 65 mph max sustained winds.
Some cities are already reporting heavy wind gusts. Block Island, Rhode Island, saw wind gusts at 63 mph, while Narragansett, Rhode Island, reported winds of 54 mph, and Great Gull Island, New York, reported gusts of 56 mph.
High rain totals include 8.28 inches in Cranbury, New Jersey, 7.96 inches in Jamesburg, New Jersey, and 6.32 inches in Brooklyn, New York.
-ABC News’ Melissa Griffin and Samantha Wnek
More than 1,000 flights canceled due to storm conditions.
The majority of the flights were canceled at Newark Liberty International Airport, Boston Logan International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to FlightAware.
A normal day without any major disruptions usually sees about 125 cancellations, according to FlightAware.
-ABC News' Mina Kaji
Boston Red Sox game rescheduled due to storm
The matchup between the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers has been rescheduled to Monday due to Tropical Storm Henri.
The game was scheduled to take place at Fenway Park on Sunday afternoon, the Red Sox announced.
The city is expected to experience damaging winds, power outages, storm surge and flooding rain, Boston Mayor Kim Janey told reporters at a press briefing Sunday morning.
-ABC News’ Octavio Cadenas and Ahmad Hemingway
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.