Sunday, according to data compiled by, along with 32,279 in Connecticut and 10,657 in Massachusetts. That’s approximately how many customers in Rhode Island are suffering power outages as of 3 p.m. All rights reserved.ĬNN’s Dave Hennen, Elizabeth Joseph and Artemis Moshtaghian contributed to this report.78,754. ™ & © 2021 Cable News Network, Inc., a WarnerMedia Company. “We realize how difficult it is to be without power, especially on hot and humid days like we’re expecting this coming week and we’re committed to staying on the job until every customer has their power restored,” Hallstrom said. “While the shift in Henri’s track spared Connecticut from the devastation it could have caused, the storm delivered the expected heavy rains, further saturating grounds that were already soaked from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred and other storms,” he said.Ĭrews are working to make sure power is restored before the arrival of high temperatures forecast for later this week.
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Instead, Connecticut is sending resources to Rhode Island to help it recuperate, Lamont said.Įversouce, a utility that serves Connecticut, had “thousands of line and tree crews” working, plus “an army of people behind the scenes supporting a safe restoration,” president of regional electric operations Craig Hallstrom said Sunday in a news release. He said he’s thankful that his state didn’t see the worst of the storm’s effects. Ned Lamont urged residents to remain vigilant as flooding is still a possibility. Each tornado was on the ground for less than a mile and caused minimal damage with winds between 60 and 70 mph.Ĭonnecticut governor warns residents to stay vigilantĬonnecticut Gov. The tornadoes touched down in the towns of Marlborough, Bolton and Stow.
The remnants of Henri spawned three weak, short-lived tornadoes in Massachusetts on Monday, according to the National Weather Service office in Boston. The center of the storm will track east from New York over Massachusetts and out to sea by mid-morning Tuesday, according to the National Hurricane Center.
Previous rainfall in the region had already saturated the ground and that, coupled with new heavy rain from Henri, could result in inland flooding on rivers and lakes, along with coastal flooding through portions of New England, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Up to 12 inches of rain is possible throughout northern New Jersey and southern New York, which could cause flash urban and small stream flooding, CNN meteorologist Michael Guy said. That number was down to about 5 million later in the day.Īdditional rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected on top of what has already fallen, Hennen said. More than 33 million people initially were under a flash flood or flood watch or warning, including coastal flood watches from New Jersey through New Hampshire, CNN meteorologist Dave Hennen said Monday morning.
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That team and one from the Federal Emergency Management Agency will tour the area as part of the verification process for a damage assessment plan, McKee said.Īlthough Henri has weakened to a tropical depression, with damaging winds and storm surge subsiding, the threat of flooding in the Northeast remains. A state damage assessment team has been deployed.
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