Tropical Storm Henri, which has winds of 40 miles per hour, made landfall along the coast of Rhode Island on Aug. 22 and is continuing to track north in New England, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The storm was continuing to weaken, according to a 5 p.m. ET update from the agency on Aug. 22. Tropical-storm-force winds spanned a 125-mile stretch from the center of Henri at that time. “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,” the NHC stated at 2 p.m. ET on Aug. 22. The storm, which was downgraded from a Category 1 hurricane, made landfall in the town of Westerly, Rhode Island, at 12:15 p.m. ET on Aug. 22, according to the NHC. President Joe Biden said later that day, at …
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