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Tropical update: Tropical Storm Henri makes landfall in Rhode Island

Henri made landfall near Westerly, Rhode Island, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph.

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The KHOU 11 Weather team and National Hurricane Center are tracking a system in the tropics right now — Tropical Storm Henri.

Tropical Storm Henri

Tropical Storm Henri has made landfall near Westerly, Rhode Island with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph.

Henri is forecast to slow down and possibly stall near the Connecticut-New York border Sunday night, followed by an east-northeastward motion across northern Connecticut and southern Massachusetts on Monday, according to NHC.

#BREAKING - #Henri has made landfall! At roughly 12:15 PM ET, the tropical storm made landfall in Westerly, RI w/ 60 mph winds. This was technically it's 2nd landfall in RI, as it went over Block Island around 11am ET. #TSHenri #Tropics @KHOU pic.twitter.com/zYG8YErOan
— Addison Green (@AddisonGreenWX) August 22, 2021

Credit: KHOU

Henri is expected to produce rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches over portions of Long Island, New England, southeast New York, New Jersey, and northeast Pennsylvania today into Monday, with isolated maximum totals near 10 inches

A tornado or two may occur Sunday over southern New England.

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