Rhode Island reopens bridges to some targeted traffic

CHARLESTOWN, R.I. (AP) — The most recent developments on the storm system moving via the Northeast:

1:30 p.m.

Rhode Island has reopened significant bridges in the state to targeted traffic but restrictions remain in put for some automobiles.

All roadways to the beach front local community of Misquamicut continue being closed since of wind-pushed flooding. Misquamicut is a tiny cluster of seaside motels and holiday cottages and was seriously ruined by storm surge in the course of Superstorm Sandy.

The National Weather conditions Service’s Boston business has documented about 75,000 clients devoid of ability in Rhode Island, about 20,000 clients out in Connecticut and practically 6,900 shoppers out in Massachusetts.

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12:30 p.m.

Tropical Storm Henri has built landfall in Rhode Island.

The Nationwide Hurricane Center states Henri came ashore in the coastal town of Westerly all around 12:30 p.m. It had earlier handed over Block Island, a modest but well-known tourist island 13 miles (21 kilometers) offshore in Block Island Seem.

Henri was packing highest sustained winds of 60 miles per hour (96 kilometers for every hour), and it was making 19-foot (5.8-meter) waves in some locations just before building landfall.

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12:15 p.m.

Rhode Island has shut down major bridges in the point out thanks to significant winds.

All streets to the seaside neighborhood of Misquamicut have been closed by authorities mainly because of wind-pushed flooding. Misquamicut is a small cluster of seaside hotels and vacation cottages and was closely weakened by storm surge through Superstorm Sandy.

The point out is stitched alongside one another by bridges so shutting them down may possibly suggest folks are trapped in which they are until eventually the storm passes.

National Grid is reporting 74,000 shoppers with no power in Rhode Island and EverSource is reporting just about 20,000 buyers out in Connecticut.

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7:40 a.m.

Henri weakened somewhat to a tropical storm early Sunday as it edged nearer to landfall.

Hundreds of thousands of people today on New York’s Long Island and in southern New England braced for flooding, toppled trees and prolonged electrical power outages.

Henri was on class to crash into a lengthy extend of northeastern coastline by midday Sunday. The middle of the storm was projected to pass around the jap suggestion of Prolonged Island.

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