Despite serious concerns about the threat of Hurricane Henri, downgraded to a tropical storm before making landfall in Rhode Island on Aug. 22, there has been little to no infrastructure damage in the region, according to state officials.
Henri’s center made landfall in at 12:15 p.m. near Westerly, R.I. west of Block Island Sound, packing sustained winds of about 60 mph with gusts up to 70 mph. It downed trees and power lines before weakening, then heading over western Massachusetts and Connecticut, where officials are keeping a close eye on continuing rainfall until Henri heads out to sea. Flooding is a concern in a water-logged region that has had record-high levels of rainfall this summer.