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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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 conditions spread inland
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
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
Hundreds of nursing home residents evacuated in Connecticut
Four nursing homes in Connecticut have been evacuated as Tropical Storm Henri moved across the state.
Nearly 250 residents were moved to other facilities, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont told reporters Sunday afternoon.
Lamont warned residents to remain vigilant as the storm passes.
Flooding is "the biggest risk we have right now," said Lamont. "Don't get complacent."
Power outages for more than 24,000 customers have been reported, Lamont said.
-ABC News’ Will McDuffie
System moves closer to Long Island, NY, with 70 mph winds
Henri, which was downgraded to a strong tropical storm Sunday morning, is edging closer to land.
The storm system is 40 miles south-southwest of Montauk, New York, and 75 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island.
Hurricane warnings are in effect from New Jersey to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. All trains from New York to Boston have been canceled.
Record rain has already fallen in New York and New Jersey, with 4.45 inches of rain in Central Park on Saturday, with 1.94 inches of rain falling between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. – the wettest hour on record for New Jersey City.
Rain totals have already topped 8.3 inches in parts of central New Jersey.
Flash flood watches have been issued from Delaware to Vermont.
-ABC News’ Samantha Wnek