Tropical Storm Henri is expected to be “at or near hurricane strength” before making landfall in southern New England or Long Island by late Sunday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.
Henri was over the Atlantic Ocean about 270 miles (435 km) south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at 8 p.m. EDT, and was moving northward up the East Coast near 7 mph (11 km/h), the NHC said on Saturday. Maximum sustained winds are near 70 mph (110 km/h) with higher gusts.
