Henri weakened slightly to a tropical storm early Sunday as it was slated to pummel a long stretch of northeastern coastline, where millions on New York’s Long Island and in southern New England braced for the possibility of flooding, toppled trees, and extended power outages.
According to the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center at 8 a.m. ET Sunday, the center of the storm is moving closer toward eastern Long Island and southern New England. It was about 40 miles SSE of Montauk Point, New York, and 75 miles south of Providence, Rhode Island, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, just shy of hurricane status.
