PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Tropical Storm Henri blasted much of the Northeast with significant winds and file-smashing rainfall after making landfall in the Rhode Island city of Westerly on Sunday.

As of 8 p.m. EDT Sunday, the middle of the storm was situated near Hartford, Connecticut, with winds of up to 35 mph. Henri is envisioned to weaken to a tropical depression Sunday evening, the National Hurricane Heart said, with further more weakening Monday.

But the storm is still envisioned to generate a large amount of rainfall. Flooding is predicted by means of Monday in parts of Very long Island, New England, eastern New York and northeast Pennsylvania, the hurricane centre explained.

President Joe Biden explained at an afternoon briefing that he has permitted unexpected emergency declarations for Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York, which activates recovery cash. He said he has been in get hold of with the governors of the states most probably to be afflicted.

“I urged them to acquire edge of the guidance FEMA can give in progress,” Biden claimed. “I’m committed to do every little thing we can to help their communities by means of the storm and afterwards.”

Henri was forecast to slow down and maybe stall in close proximity to the Connecticut-New York border Sunday night, followed by an east-northeastward movement across northern Connecticut and southern Massachusetts on Monday. A slower forward speed suggests the storm could dump extra rain on all those areas.

The storm pummeled the location perfectly right before landfall.