{"id":672489,"date":"2021-08-22T13:51:19","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T17:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=672489"},"modified":"2021-08-22T13:51:20","modified_gmt":"2021-08-22T17:51:20","slug":"tropical-storm-henri-makes-landfall-in-r-i-threat-of-flooding-across-southern-new-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tropical-storm-henri-makes-landfall-in-r-i-threat-of-flooding-across-southern-new-england\/","title":{"rendered":"Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in R.I., threat of flooding across southern New England"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftropical-storm-henri-makes-landfall-in-r-i-threat-of-flooding-across-southern-new-england%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=672489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2497324\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2497324\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This OES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at 11:40 a.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Henri in the Atlantic Ocean. (NOAA via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 10:40 AM PT \u2013 Sunday, August 22, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Storm Henri has weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm on its approach to the U.S. as it made landfall in New England. According to Sunday reports, Henri made landfall along the coast of Rhode Island with winds around 60 miles per hour.<\/p>\n<p>Rhode Island\u2019s governor warned more than 100,000 people were expected to lose power in the state, with nearly 70,000 without power already. Power outages and flooding were also expected across much of southern New England as heavy rains and winds have continued to push inland.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">12:15 PM EDT update: Tropical Storm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Henri?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Henri<\/a> makes landfall near Westerly, Rhode Island, with maximum sustained winds of 60 MPH and central pressure of 989 mb <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tW4KeFW0gB\">https:\/\/t.co\/tW4KeFW0gB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7uL0NJ9PYk\">pic.twitter.com\/7uL0NJ9PYk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 National Hurricane Center (@NHC_Atlantic) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NHC_Atlantic\/status\/1429483772257333251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m hoping we\u2019ve got some systems in place and can avoid some of the big street flooding,\u201d expressed Massachusetts resident Anne Thompson. \u201cSometime in the low-lying areas of the city it\u2019s kind of difficult to navigate from one spot to another. So, if you lived here long enough you know the areas to avoid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurricane warnings remain in effect for parts of New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Storm surge warnings say storms like Henri have the ability to generate high waves up to five-feet-tall or above.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/white-house-says-biden-never-shies-away-from-reporters-as-he-continues-to-dodge-questions\/\">White House Says Biden Never Shies Away From Reporters\u2019 As He Continues To Dodge Questions<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This OES-16 East GeoColor satellite image taken Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at 11:40 a.m. EDT., and provided by NOAA, shows Tropical Storm Henri in the Atlantic Ocean. 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