As the storm spreads to the region, parts of the northeastern United States may begin to feel the effects of Hurricane Henry as early as late Saturday.
Forecasters said that Henry is expected to remain at or close to the strength of the hurricane when he makes landfall at noon on Sunday afternoon. The center of the hurricane may be on Long Island, New York or southern New England-most likely Connecticut. The state escalated after the National Hurricane Center issued a warning at 11 am.
The Miami-based National Hurricane Center said in an advisory report that as Henry moves inland, storm surges and tides may cause high water levels in coastal New England. Heavy rain and wind can also cause flooding.
Henri turned to a place further west than originally expected. If this track remains unchanged, its bullseye will be east of Long Island, not New England. Since Hurricane Bob in 1991, New England has not been directly hit by hurricanes. This is A category 2 storm caused at least 17 deaths.
Since the severe damage caused by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, New York has not been directly hit by the hurricane monsoon storm.
Regardless of its exact landing location, a large area of the northeast is expected to be widely affected, extending inland to Hartford, Connecticut and Albany, New York, and east to Cod, which has tens of thousands of summer visitors. Horn.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker urged people vacationing in the Cape to leave as early as possible before Henry’s attack, and those planning to start vacations there to postpone their plans.
He said: “We don’t want people to be trapped in traffic on the Cape Cod Bridge when the storm erupts on Sunday.”
With a top wind speed of 75 mph (120 km/h) on Saturday morning, Henry accelerated slightly and moved north-northeast at a speed of 14 mph (23 km/h). It is still located approximately 465 miles (750 kilometers) south of Montauk, Long Island, New York.
Governor Ned Lamont warned the residents of Connecticut that they should prepare to “shelter in place” from Sunday afternoon to at least Monday morning, as the state is preparing for the first possible direct hit by a hurricane in decades .
“This storm is very worrying,” said Michael Finkelstein, chief of police and director of emergency management in East Lyme, Connecticut. “We haven’t taken this path for a while, and there is no doubt that we and the rest of New England will encounter some real difficulties when they are directly hit by a hurricane.”
From Flushing, New York to Henry in Chatham, Massachusetts, it is possible to cause storm surges of 3 to 5 feet (1 to 1.5 meters) in the center of the hurricane; and parts of the north and south shores of Long Island.
Rainfall in the northeast is expected to be 3 to 6 inches (7.5 to 15 cm) from Sunday to Monday.
The Meteorological Department warned that Henry could bring destructive winds and extensive coastal flooding, and officials in Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York warned that people could lose power for a week or even longer. The authorities urge people to protect their ships, refuel their vehicles and store canned food.
George Gorman, the regional director of Long Island State Park, said New York State Park officials are building a sand wall on the Jones Beach boardwalk to protect it from the tides. He said the wall was built with equipment purchased after Hurricane Sandy, which caused severe damage to the beaches, which would take months to reopen, he said.
The campground is expected to be closed from Saturday afternoon, and entry will be prohibited until Tuesday.
At the safe harbor dock off the coast of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Steve Berlo was one of many rowers who took their boats off the water before the storm.
Bello, 54, said: “This is rare, but when it happens, you have to make sure you are ready. You must protect our second home.”
At Hampton, a celebrity playground on the eastern end of Long Island, officials warned that dangerous offshore streams and floods could turn streets (such as the dune road lined with luxury homes on the Atlantic coast) into lagoons.
Ryan Murphy, the emergency management administrator for Southampton Township, said that although the trajectory of the storm continues to evolve, “we must plan as if it would be like a Category 1 hurricane that hit us.”
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Eaton-Robb reports from Columbia, Connecticut. Associated Press writers Michael R. Sisak and Bobby Caina Calvan in New York, Tom Foreman Jr. in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and William J. Kole in Warwick, Rhode Island contributed to this report.
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