Henri is now a Category 1 hurricane as it bears down on Long Island and parts of New England, though it’s anticipated to have a less direct impact on Massachusetts as previously predicted.
Henri is now a Category 1 hurricane as it bears down on Long Island and parts of New England, though it’s anticipated to have a less direct impact on Massachusetts as previously predicted. “We will likely see tropical storm-force winds, which will be somewhere in the vicinity of 40 miles an hour on a sustained basis throughout (Sunday),” Gov. Charlie Baker said in a press conference Saturday. “Regardless of wherever you live, even if you don’t normally lose power in a storm, you should be prepared to deal with the possibility that you could lose power in some areas for possibly an extended period of time.” Henri, once slated to barrel into southeastern Massachusetts, has tracked somewhat west, and will likely first make landfall along the eastern part of Long Island, between West Hampton and Amagansett, near the Hamptons, AccuWeather reported. According to the National Hurricane Center, storm surge inundation is expected to begin late Saturday night or early Sunday morning in parts of Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts. A hurricane warning is in effect in Long Island and most of the Connecticut and Rhode Island coast, including Block Island, while a tropical storm warning is in place for Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha’s Vineyard.
