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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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
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
Storm weakening, slowing after hitting land
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