Heavy rain and wind may also produce flooding, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.įrom the White House, Joe Biden held a call with governors of states likely to be affected and officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency.Īccording to a White House readout of the call, Biden and the governors “discussed how important it is for residents in the storm’s path to prepare now for significant impacts … including by visiting, and the need to prevent the spread of Covid-19 through the use of vaccines, masks and social distancing if sheltering is required.”
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Several videos posted online showed drivers plowing through high water in New York City, and Newark and Hoboken, New Jersey.įorecasters said high water could also be seen in coastal New England as Henri moves inland.
The first thunderstorms bringing what could be up to 6in (15cm) of rain arrived late Saturday, and storm surges and flooding were expected in some areas overnight. New England has not taken a direct hit from a hurricane since Bob, a category two storm, hit in 1991. With the center of the storm projected to pass over or just off the eastern tip of Long Island by midday Sunday, hurricane warnings extended from coastal Connecticut and near the old whaling port of New Bedford, Massachusetts, to the summer getaway of Fire Island.
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