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
Tropical Storm warnings discontinued
Tropical storm warnings for the Northeast states affected by Henri were dropped around 5 p.m Sunday.
However, 40 million Americans across nine states from Delaware to New Hampshire remain under a flash flood watch as the threat for major flash flooding continues through Monday.
Rainfall rates of two inches and hour have been reported in areas experiencing flash flooding, and an additional half a foot of rain is still forecast with highest amounts likely over the Lower Hudson Valley, Northeast New Jersey, New York City, Connecticut and western Massachusetts.
-ABC News' Melissa Griffin