Hurricane Henri maintained hurricane strength overnight and sped up its movement northward slightly, and is now likely headed for landfall somewhere between southern New England and Long Island late Sunday morning. Models project the eye of the storm will pass just off the eastern tip of Long Island by midday. The track of Hurricane Henri shifted slightly to the east late Saturday, moving 21 mph northward. According to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center at 2 a.m., Henri’s movement north could continue to slow slightly on Sunday morning. It was about 135 miles SSE of Montauk Point, New York, at the time of the update, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, making it just classify as a Category 1 hurricane. Authorities are warning residents in the Northeast of dangerous hurricane conditions, including storm surge and flooding beginning Sunday morning. Tropical storm-intensity winds were expected to begin striking the coast at around 8 a.m. …
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