Hurricane Henry caused northeast of Ney America For strong wind and rain. On Sunday he reached the shores of the first Rhode Island. He then paralyzed the electricity supply of more than 100,000 homes in New England. There were floods many times. Roads were flooded, bridges impassable. Many people got stuck in their vehicles.
A hurricane downgraded the storm before reaching New England. According to the National Hurricane Center, Henry was pulling inland at 70 mph (about 113 km/h). So far, only a few major wind or flood damages have been reported. However, many bridges in Rhode Island were temporarily closed, and some coastal roads were nearly impassable.
Several communities in central New Jersey received up to eight inches of rain as of Sunday afternoon. In Jamesburg, television footage showed city streets flooded and cars almost completely submerged. As of noon there were more than 78,000 homes in Rhode Island, 32,000 inches. Connecticut9000 inches Massachusetts And in New York 4000 were hit by power cuts.
Rhode Island has been affected by hurricanes and tropical storms, including superstorm sandy in 2012, Irene Hurricane Bob in 2011 and 1991. The city of Providence suffered so much from a hurricane in 1938 and Hurricane Carol in 1954 that it built a hurricane barrier in the 1960s. It was closed on Sunday.
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