Thunder, lightning and the threat of additional critical weather interrupted a star-studded live performance in New York Metropolis on Saturday night time as Hurricane Henri raced toward the Northeast.

Crooner Barry Manilow was in the center of his performance at the “We Enjoy NYC: The Homecoming Concert” in Grand Central Park when lovers ended up abruptly told to evacuate following lightning was noticed nearby.

The New York Police Division also tweeted guidance for followers to seek shelter.

“Owing to approaching critical weather conditions, all these attending the function are to calmly go to the closest exits and progress to areas exterior of the park,” police reported in a tweet. “This is NOT an crisis.”

Meanwhile, in Suffolk County, citizens and visitors were requested to voluntarily evacuate from Fire Island just before the hurricane manufactured landfall.

Henri strengthened to a hurricane Saturday as it ongoing to head towards Lengthy Island and southern New England, climate forecasters reported. The storm was about 255 miles south of Montauk Level, Prolonged Island, on Saturday evening right after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo experienced presently declamared a state of unexpected emergency in preparing for the hurricane’s arrival.

He mentioned at a information convention that drinking water rescue teams were being staying ready for Long Island, the Hudson Valley and Westchester.

He was also deploying 500 Countrywide Guard troops, and state law enforcement will have about 1,000 staff on duty in locations afflicted by Henri. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority was scheduled to cancel assistance in