“Tropical Storm Henri made landfall at 12:15 p.m. on Sunday near Westerly, Rhode Island, according to the National Hurricane Center, as thousands of people already without power braced for the full effect of the storm,” reports NBCNews.com. “The National Hurricane Center reported 60 mph winds at the time the storm made landfall.”

“Nearly 100,000 power outages were being reported for customers up the northern East Coast as of 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. The Public Service Enterprise Group, a utilities company, reported more than 1,700 of their Long Island customers had been affected by power outages.”

“Utility company National Grid reported more than 71,000 customers in Rhode Island and more than 3,800 in Massachusetts had been affected by power outages.”

“Eversource, an electric service company for Connecticut, reported nearly 20,000 customers were without power. Eversource also reported that roughly 2,500 of their eastern Massachusetts customers had been affected by power outages.”

“In New Jersey, at least 86 people had been rescued from flooded vehicles related to the tropical storm as of Sunday afternoon, according to the Newark Department of Public Safety.”

“An 11 a.m. advisory from the National Hurricane Center said that a dangerous storm surge from Henri was expected in Long Island, Connecticut, Rhode Island and parts of southeastern Massachusetts. The advisory warned of flash flooding in those regions as well Experts said the storm surge is a greater danger to residents than the winds.”

“It appeared most major airports in the path of the storm remained open on Sunday, but hundreds of flights had been canceled. FlightAware, a flight-tracking website, reported that more than 1,000 flights in, out or within the United States had been canceled.”