Tropical Storm Henri, which has winds of 50 mph winds, made landfall along the coast of Rhode Island on Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm is continuing to weaken, according to a 2 p.m. ET update from the agency. Tropical-storm-force winds currently span about 125 miles away from the center of Henri. “On the forecast track, Henri is expected to slow down further and possibly stall near the Connecticut-New York border tonight, with an east-northeastward motion across northern Connecticut and southern Massachusetts expected on Monday,” said the NHC at 2 p.m. The storm, which was downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane, hit the town of Westerly, Rhode Island, at 12:15 p.m. ET, the NHC said. “At the time of landfall, maximum sustained winds were estimated to be 60 mph. A Weatherflow station near Point Judith, Rhode Island, recently measured a sustained wind of 57 mph (92 km/h) and …
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