we're preparing water rescue teams for long island.est chester. i'm deploying, as of today, 500 national guard we are calling out, with the necessary equipment that the national guard brings with them, high water vehicles, et cetera. the state police will have approximately 1,000 personnel who will be on duty in the affected areas. port authority expects flights to be cancelled. obviously i would check with your airline before you go to the airport tomorrow into monday, maybe tuesday. the mta is preparing for the storm. they have their emergency equipment out there, flooding team out, their pumpers out, et cetera. they're going to cancel service in long island, starting midnight tonight. they're planning to cancel service at about midnight. they're also thinking of canceling the harlem line service and the new haven line service. that again would be about midnight tonight. but you should check with the mta on the website, obviously, before you proceed to any of those trains. we're working with the power companies. i have told them, cle

1 hurricane at this time and it will most likely maintain that stretch as it approaches either long island or rhode island or connecticut. the track of the storm has been wobbling a bit either way, we'll see the same conditions they do deteriorate overnight. it's going to be really nasty across long island and southeastern massachusetts going through the day on sunday and then it will rain itself out as we go into monday and tuesday across the rest of new england we are likely going to see flooding concerns because of the rainfall itself. 3 to 6 inches of rain will be widespread across the northeast with as much as 10 inches of rain in some areas then we're looking for flooding along the coast because of storm surge, especially eastern long island, southeastern massachusetts, rhode island. 3 to 5-foot storm surge is likely we're going to see risk of power outages. winds could gust 60 to 80 miles per hour it topples trees and power lines on soaking-wet ground. we have a lot of facets to focus on and it all starts tonight jose >> dylan dreyer, thank you very much >>> we are watching the effe

part of the unknown story -- we lad the governor of rhode island on not long ago. of rhode island. it's right off the tip of the southern fork of long island, but it's rhode island, part of that state. it's 10, 12 nautical miles off montauk, the eastern most point of the south fork of long island. they got hit pretty solidly by this storm. very small population, 1,000, 2,000 people in season. we'll see what stories come out of there. now the storm is making landfall in connecticut, new london you'll hear about gusts, 40, 50 miles an hour. in terms of here -- dave, do me a favor. pull out and show this. you'll see the counterclockwise movement of the clouds. that is an outer band of this storm. is it making landfall? depends on how you want to define it. we'll bring in ken graham from the national hurricane center. this is starting to make landfalls, ken. this is the southwest edge of the hurricane, best place to be. it's the northwest eastern part going newport, rhode island, connecticut, massachusetts. take us through it. >> absolutely, krit. you're right. you're a

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but the high winds and heavy rain are still doing a number on long island where officials are warningbout serious flooding and storm surge and power outages that could last a week or two. fox weather correspondent steve bender is on the island in shirley, new york. steve? >> reporter: yes, alicia, this is something that is not letting up through the afternoon, as you can notice the rain and the wind has picked up yet again here on long island. so we're at smith point beach to the east of fire island and the wind is now gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour so we know tropical storm henri made landfall near westerly, new jersey. we're 70 to 80 miles from that and we're feeling the outer bands. it's the counterclockwise rotation allowing the rain to sit over of long island and this hasn't let up. it's been going on since really about 5:00 a.m. this morning. so the ground is fully saturated. the water is now starting to pond on the roads and we're starting to see that urban and flash flooding. notice behind me, we also do have still the rough seas and this is something that is a good sign righ

obviously, this is area, long beach on the south shore of long island, not getting a direct hit, but nning to feel some of the effects from hepari henri who is tapping at the door of long beach. the ocean is getting bigger, moving closer to the inland areas. the water definitely getting closer, especially from last night. i was here last night. it was much further back. high tide expected here around 8:43. the big concern here on long beach is flooding. right behind here photographer rick hall, you see this apartment building just beyond those apartments are homes and the concern is just like what happened during superstorm sandy, flooding could be an issue, rain coming, obviously, not just from the storm but the water coming from a passable storm surge. tens of millions of dollars in devastation happened to this community. so they are a little bit on edge. once again, i am not seeing many preps. boris. >> alison kosik, thank you for the reporting. >> sources tell cnn full approval for the coronavirus vaccine could come as soon as tomorrow. is that what it's going to take to convince

we do expect landfall over long island.6 years is if it happens since it happened, and that was hurricane gloria. all in red, that's a hurricane warning. remember, we had remnants of fred that moved through just days ago, so all this ground is very, very saturated. also a tropical storm warning all the way down to the jersey shores. that's over to the eastern parts of long island. so here is the latest. this is at 5:00. the next advisory comes out at 8:00. 70-mile-per-hour winds. it's moving north/northeast at 12 miles per hour. things are going to change. it's going to move painfully slow as we go throughout time on sunday. that's going to create a lot of problems in terms of the rainfall. i put a lot of pause on here. it's going strengthen over the warm waters into a category 1 storm, and that should happen as early as this morning into the early afternoon. here's my second pause point. category 1 over the eastern parts of long island. again, that would be 36 years since it has happened. that would be hurricane gloria in

here in long island, when you go -- that's what's on my hat, it's long island, not a fish. at the end of long island you will see montauk. we were worried about montauk when henri made its secondary shift. it's a vulnerable area. shimon prokupecz is there and has been watching big surf and wind. how is it now? >> reporter: chris, this is probably the driest i've been all day because the rain has stopped. i had been out here since about 5:30, raining for about six hours straight which doesn't include the rain overnight last night into this morning. some of that rain, of course. the six hours straight it did rain. now even the water has calmed, chris. when i was here this morning, the surf was just -- the size of the waves was so remarkable. at some point about nine feet, possibly more, some folks were reporting. it's much different out here now. people are starting to come out, trying to come see the waves. the lifeguards are still keeping them back, trying to keep people off the beach because it's still not safe. even in town -- i just went and walked through on the other s

hi. hearken already has been downgraded to a tropical storm, as it bears down on new york's long island. but the storms still packing strong winds as it begins hitting the north eastern us coastline. millions of people on long island new in the southern and southern new england are bracing for flooding. falling trees and power cuts last spring in john henry for sue, who is braving those conditions. force in montauk on long island in new york. so john, what is the latest that you're hearing there about how people are dealing with this hi moves when you were just talking about it really picked up here on long island. this is the eastern most point of long island and back new york jutting out that is the atlantic behind me, which i'm sure you can't make out because it is just a blur right now. that wind is whipping up white cap and there it is. heavy rain here, and this is not where the storm is going to make its direct hit. that is more likely to be connecticut and rhode island. but we are sure feeling a walloping right here in mon talk on long island, and on the way up here overnight, i

john henry and his lie 1st now in long island. and john, tell us about conditions that well, the storm has swept past mon talk and long island here in new york. it is largely gone from the mid atlantic, but rolled in with a fury in new england rolling with 90 kilometer in our winds. rank injure, rhode island, it snapped trees like twigs it toppled and crashed, boats against the shore and aggressively rolled through that town. the 1st time a tropical storm has done that in 30 years in the smallest state in the us, and all the way from new jersey to the south to connecticut in rhode island in the north it his left floods and damage. there have been power lines that have gone down trees over them, and over a 100000 people so far have lost power and it could be a good deal more than that before the storm rolls as high as possibly main before going out to the sea again but some of the people who have been in its path is that it could have been a lot worse. they were surprised at how little damage it did in some places. now, here on lon

is going to help the storm make landfall perhaps around 10:00 or 11:00 is on the eastern end of long island, or in parts of rhode island that's why the hurricane warning has shifted a little further to the east from yesterday. heavy, torrential rain falling across eastern long island, parts of massachusetts, back through new jersey winds aren't that strong just yet, about 20 to 30-mile-per-hour wind gusts, but later this morning, early this afternoon, we will likely see gusts up to around 70 miles per hour here are your flash flood watches and warnings new jersey, most likely will see the flash floods this morning because of that heavier rain you can see the bands coming in off the water and we'll likely see flooding across long island, southern connecticut, into rhode island, and southeastern massachusetts as well. this storm will slow down a bit as we go into tonight. that's why that flooding concern is a big issue it also weakens quite a bit as it moves over land but by this afternoon, we will likely see if not a first landfall, a second landfall somewhere in rhode island. again, it all

the northern half, because the winds are coming offshore, the north shore of long island will get a storm surge. and then, coastal rhode island and newport. that's where some of the highest storms storm surge will be. 3 to 5 feet. here is the high tide cycle and this is working in our favor. we're very fortunate about this. high tide we're approaching that this morning in the next three hours. many areas of southern new england. but landfall is not until noon to 2 pm. and that is going to be almost when low tide is. so, that is really going to save us significantly. that 3 to 5 feet mostly to the right of the center of landfall. we're talking about rhode island, which will were hit really hard by bob. but as far as the maximum wind gusts, the highest winds could get to the 60 mile per hour category. long island, southern coast of new england, newport. that's where we could see tree damage, minor structural damage. definitely power outages. here's our power outage potential map. areas of red, almost guaranteed you will have power by the end of today. >> while, all right, bill. thanks so mu

long island sound, people are saying we have one day to prepare. we have saturday. this storm is coming in a hurry. the landfall time has been up, saturday morning. we are still dealing with it as a tropical storm. it did not reach hurricane intensity quite yet. it's getting sheared and now heading towards the north finally. nine miles per hour. anna cherney to new england, it will parallel the coastline of the carolinas. how about that band at the end to the left? very unusual, doesn't happen that often. it's kind of similar to that band as to what sandy did. sandy is a different beast. it was much, much larger. sandy was a huge immense storm. this may be the same intensity but size wise no comparison. this storm will have its own problems. you notice that the winds will quickly die off, by the time we get to monday morning, wind damage is done. the wind damage of the storm is as three go throughout sunday. it's already getting close to long island, so we are talking noon landfall somewhere around islip. and then the right dirty side could go thro

central and eastern long island, parts of connecticut. elsewhere in orange, we have tropical storm warnings. we're still watching the rhode island areas. the storm itself, 70 miles per hour winds. moving north, northeast, into warmer water, it will likely strengthen to a category one hurricane. then going into tomorrow, around 2:00, 1:00 p.m., 2:00 p.m., you could see landfall. perhaps on long island. somewhere in this area. then it will weaken into a tropical storm. then it will unfortunately slow down and produce a lot of potential for flooding rain across most of southern new england and make its way further north. let's talk about rain first. this is an issue. july was one of the wettest months for several areas of the northeast. add to that 5 to 10 inches of rain. we could see considerable flash flooding as an issue across the northeast. as for coastal areas, three to five foot storm surge includes parts of long island, parts of southeastern massachusetts. that would be the water pushed on shore. good news, with earlier arrival of the

it hit block island, about ten nautical miles off the eastern tip of the southern shore of long island. mon montague, ten miles away is block island. small place, 2500 residents maybe in peak season. what happened on that island? we don't know yet. those reports will start coming out. then the storm tracked to the west. and now it is slowing down. now, what does that mean? the wet part of a storm, one step backwards, most dangerous part of a storm, northeast quadrant. you never want to be there. if that's where you're hit, it's the whip of the force of the wind. okay? it's like a turbo around there. now, the western part, better. southern and western, wet. that's what we're dealing with now. so july was a record rain month in this area of the country. what does that mean if you have 6, 12, 15 hours of steady rainfall? now, this is pretty spitty. but if it gets heavier like it was earlier this morning, that will give you pockets of flooding. we're already seeing that up island and toward manhattan. remember from last night, new york city in central park got the most rain in a single hou

they're going to cancel service in long island starting midnight tonight. they're planning to cancel service, and that would be at about midnight. they're also thinking of canceling the harlem line service and the new haven line service. that, again, would be about midnight tonight. but you should check with the mta on the website, obviously, before you proceed to any of those trains. we're working with the power companies. i have told them clearly and convincingly, in my opinion, that this is what we pay the power companies to do, to be ready for storms. we've seen this movie before. we don't pay power companies to be ready, to prepare power for sunny days. we pay them to prepare power when it's hard and to recover quickly after a storm. they have all been communicated with. they are calling in all additional personnel. they're calling in all additional private contractors and we have made it abundantly clear to them that we do expect significant damage and we want them to have the resources in place to deal with that damage quickly and professionally. i'm

more than 6 inches of rain have fallen in central park already ron allen is out at long island at theontauk lighthouse. >> reporter: henri pounded the shores of new york's long island, by then not the hurricane many expected but through the day the rain and wind still extremely intense. >> pretty crazy. a lot stronger that i thought it would be. >> reporter: long island may have escaped the direct hit that many feared, but it's still packing quite a punch. the center of the storm is passing by us just about now there off the coast out into the atlantic, and the big problem right now is the wind. not so much the rain but across the region, henri's downpours caused widespread flash flooding in new jersey, nearly 100 motorists who ignored the warnings rescued from vehicles. >> please seek shelter. >> reporter: a huge concert in central park evacuated because of lightning. >> proceed to your vehicles and protected areas. >> reporter: the park drenched by more than 4 inches of rain saturday night now warnings of more high water possible in already soaked inland areas. >> now is not the tim

here in long island a very separate concert with different rules., masks and negative covid tests, however, are not required. this event here today will be to celebrate and remember the heros and those who died in the 9/11 attacks now 20 years ago and this organization helps pay for mortgage-free homes for families of those who have fallen. this concert that we have been hearing the sound checks for and the lights and all of that taking place later this evening will be broadcast on september 11th. alicia. anita: alex hogan, thank you so much. griff. griff: well, parents across the country are checking off needed items for back to school including pens, rulers and in many cases face masks. the mother of three and founder of the foundation jacqueline staff is here to talk about requiring masks in schools, welcome, jacqueline. thank you for taking the time. >> hi, thank you. griff: so what is the situation with masks in your kids schools right now and what are you planning to do? >> so it's very unfortunate this situation, there's a lot of -- a lot of

people from long island, now all of a sudden heading toward new york city and the long island sound, everyone is going we have one day to prepare. that's it. you have saturday. because this storm is coming in in a hurry early sunday morning. the landfall time is up. so let me go to the graphics and giving you a new update and we're still dealing with it as a tropical storm. did not reach hurricane intensity quite yet. and heading to the north finally at 9 miles an hour. and now it's going to accelerate northwards on its journey to new england, and it will parallel the coastline of the carolinas, and how about that bend at the end to the left? very unusual. doesn't happen that often. yes, it's kind of similar in that bend to what sandy did. but sandy was a different beast than this storm. it was much, much larger. sandy was a huge immense size-wise storm. maybe the same intensity but size-wise, no comparison this. storm will have its own problems though. let's go in closer. you notice the winds will quickly die off. by the time we get to monday morning, wind damage is pretty much done

the first thing i notice is they keep the track a little to the east of long island. 75 miles per hour. but the forward speed has sped up to 21 miles per hour. i'll go ahead and tell you, hurricanes don't like a forward motion that fast. so that could help weaken it a little bit as it comes ashore here along long island to connecticut on into rhode island. now, we still have a hurricane warning in effect for long island, connecticut. all of connecticut

most likely over eastern long island and areas of western rhode island as well.nywhere basically from the hamptons up to about newport, rhode island would be the best target point. it will continue to move inland before making a sharp turn to turn out to the east. stu storm surge is significant today. for some areas it's the next several hours where the worst of the storm surge is going to take place. the one thing to note, too, a lot of these high tides, a lot of these areas have yet to hit high tide. we are in that high tide cycle, meaning the water is coming up and it's a coming up as well because of the tropical system. you have that double wham any of the stunl and the high tide. outer bands have been producing heavy rain across new jersey. we are starting to see them spread into other states as well. very heavy rain. look at the yellow and red from a couple of hours ago into new jersey stretching over into philadelphia as well. now some of those ounz pushing into massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut, and even along eastern long island we have got some v

we do have a hurricane warning still in effect for long island, connecticut, also rhode island. and the surrounding areas in blue here new york city, province, nantucket tropical storm warning. conditions and hazards are going to be felt way far out from the center of the system and those cones of concern that we show you where the track is going to go, it's only telling you where the center of the storm is going to be felt. impact felt far away from the center. stormern warnings up for the c of new york because as this wind comes onshore will coincide later with high tide and that will allow the storm surge to get up to possibly about five feet. we also have to watch for the potential for flash flooding in this area because after it makes landfall it slows down and it hangs out in this region of new england for 24 to 36 hours. that will lead to the area picking up about six inches of rain and some isolated spots could pick up up to ten inches of rain, ken. that's on top of what we have already picked up. >> not good to say the least. we'll bring you back later in the show and t

we have meteorologist janessa webb who is on the south side of long island on long beach.to see you this hour. talk me through what you are seeing so far and what we are expecting. you are essentially where this thing could feasibly make landfall for the first time. >> reporter: yeah, i mean it has been over 30 years that we've seen a cat 1 hurricane, and you know the prep here in long beach has been very strong all day. we've had a turn of events. it first was a tropical storm, and then now a cat 1, so people are really taking heed to that. but it is a saturday. people are trying to enjoy their last weekend, this is officially the last weekend of summer so people really want to be out and about. so hundreds of people still trying to enjoy the day, but, yasmin, i have been here since 6:00 a.m. and we saw a ton of sunshine but things are slowly but surely starting to change. you can start to see the high tide. it is starting to make its way in. now, i did talk to some officials this morning, and they told me that the high tide that came in earlier was right about here. now,

trevor ault joins us on the east end of new york's long island. one of the places that could get a direct hit. trevor, how are officials there on the ground preparing for the storm right now? >> reporter: they've announced plans to shut down ferry services and even some trains as the storm approaches. they want to help everyone who's choosing to evacuate through the rest of the night, but after that, everybody who's still here needs to find shelter and stay put. whit? >> we can see that surf picking up there. trevor, thank you. let's get to abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano in connecticut. rob, time this out for us as the storm approaches. rain will actually hit new e - jersey overnight tonight, and the wind and rain will arrive in long island by sunrise tomorrow, and shortly after that, full force here on the connecticut coastline. right now at about 340 miles to our south, strengthened to a category 1 storm and accelerating north over 10 miles an hour. it's not perfect, but growing in size. we expect landfall early tomorrow afternoon at or

this is our forecast currently pacing this may hit long island around lunchtime or 2:00 p.m.to start if you overnight tonight an early tomorrow at the height of the storm, the front center, when it will place make landfall. all of our tracks are pretty much in agreement looking at portions of what i would wear little further east running into southern new england but all of this is currently under hurricane morning as you see enables either. outside of the area in the yellow that's a tropical storm warning, you can see tropical storm conditions far to the east as new york city. here's the winfield with this, want to make landfall, it falls apart of it but that's a large enough area a lot of folks can see wind and taking down power lines early. three to 5-foot storm surge, this will be a big storm, of course we will be watching it. benjamin: thank you very much. >> that does it for us but stay tuned to fox news, we will bring update on afghanistan and the cyber attack. benjamin and i are back tomorrow at noon eastern. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> hello, i'm aishah hasnie, welcome to the big satur

close to 4,000 people in massachusetts and 2,000 on long island without power. we'll have the latest on the path of the storm which, in fact, is slowing. one bit of good news, though. the storm surge warning has canceled for all areas. a lot of folks breathing a sigh of relief. we got kathy park, who is standing by for you in narragansett, and tracking this whole thing is bill karins. i want to start first with kathy. this storm making landfall just east of you, so talk us us through what you've been experiencing and what you're experiencing now. >> our understanding is henri made landfall about 30 minutes west of es, but nothing like what we saw in the 12:00 hour when we were barely hanging on. you can still see the waves crashing behind me. earlier today, it was so bad it was spilling over the sea wall, but you see some folks walking around. a lot of folks are residents, locals. they were kind of describing the storm damage to me. they said there were a lot of trees down, power lines down. it depends on who you ask whether they have power or not. we know tens

of long island and then into connecticut or rhode island. impacts are the same. we are looking at really strong winds, storm surge and the potential for flooding rain and power outages. so a hurricane warning is in effect for montauk, new haven, islip, where you see the red. now is the time to take action. today it is quiet. you want to get everything done, fill up the water bottles, fill up the bathtub, too. you want to treat it like a tornado will be coming through because we could see trees coming down. move your cars away from trees that may come down and get to higher level. there we see the orange, too. that's new york even down into monmouth county, new jersey as well. storm surge is one of the impacts as well. storm surge is a wall of water that is really dangerous. it is fast and it is strong. so we could see 3 to 5-foot storm surge in some spots. where you see the orange there doesn't mean everyone is going to see that. it is the potential to see it. that's something that you really need to be careful with. you want to get back fro

mike: alex hogan live on long island, thank you very much.necticut is bracing for flooding from henri after the storm came ashore a short distance from where brian yanez says in the heart of connecticut. what is the latest. >> good afternoon we're in old saybrook connecticut 36 miles to the west of where tropical storm henri came on shore in westerly rhode island right on the border between rhode island and connecticut, the conditions have gotten a lot better within the last hour, the bulk has passed, you can see the visibility, this is the connecticut river that goes into the long island town, much more calm, visibility you can actually see in the other side of the river which is a good development and you can take a look i can give you a sense this is where some of the books are tied up and you can see their barely moving if at all, that gives you a sense of how conditions in southeastern connecticut have improved, the real concern if you take a look at the video the area we were just that an hour ago of how bad it was, as it was coming on

steve bender is on long island. >> reporter: hey, good morning. of this beach has been closed off. they've also closed the bridge coming in here as all the preparation for tropical storm henri. we really spent the wind start -- fell the wind start to pick up here. that pelting rain. you notice behind me, it is all about that surge, and you'll notice the rough seas as the waves start to form, and every time they go to crest and start to see that mist coming off, you'll see the wind gusts get up to about 40-50 miles per hour. we do have hide tide right after 10 a.m. this morning, so we're going to watch this storm surge move in, and that is a concern here for long island are. we could see 3-5 foot storm surge and bring that inundation to areas along the beach. the other concern is it's been nonstop rain and saturating the ground, and as this wind starts to pick up and we see those gusts reach into the 60 to 70 mile-per-hour range, that's where we could see the trees start to knock down and power outages all around this region. something we will keep

on long island. alex rated.high near governor andrew cuomo declaring a state of emergency for new york city and hudson valley and here on long island where we could see strong winds and riptide and 85 miles an hour and suffolk county, that is somewhere expected to be part of it and officials there today announcing an executive order not forcing people to evacuate but asking them to do so voluntarily, because it will stop there tonight and dusk. >> if they do not leave the island and today, we will be stuck on the island and we do not know what kind of conditions will be facing. >> meanwhile some events are still going full speed ahead today in manhattan, nyc the homecoming concert begins at five and attendees of the show must show proof of vaccination. >> this might've been a good idea three months ago before the delta variant was running a restaurant everybody is a terrible idea now. i think the city should've changed his mind. reporter: was a very different story from another music festival where we are in jon

there's going to be significant storm surge in long island sound.g the south shore of long island and maybe hundreds of thousands, if not millions of trees toppled or at least losing branches because of this storm. people say, oh, this isn't worst than a nor'easter. yes, it is, because the leaves are still on the trees. you had about 10 to 15 inches of rain in the past two months, the ground is saturated. and these trees with the leaves on are going to be more wind resistant and these leaves and trees are going to fall down. that's going to bring down so many power lines, it may take days if not longer than that. it may take weeks to get all the power back up because there are so many power lines down. obviously we're watching for the big celebration in new york. not seeing anything significant when it comes to lightning. that's our real threat today. but that may be late, late late tonight. also hurricane warnings are in effect. but storm surge warnings are also still in effect. this is going to bring a bubble of water probably five feet deeper tha

some computer miles are east of long island, a few are towards new york city. we'll figure it out tomorrow everyone has tomorrow to prepare. >> wu wow, hurricane heading to new york city. hard to even imagine that. bill, we appreciate it >>> turning our attention to the covid crisis that's impacting one city's water supply, and why officials are urging residents to conserve water because of a spike in patients. >>> and demand for rapid covid testing now on the rise. why did the company that makes the test decide to throw its materials in the trash new reporting tonight. >>> and live at the little league world series, we have a look at the covid rules there to keep kids safe ♪ >> announcer: the facts, the truth, "the news with shepard smith" back in 60 seconds. >>> covid watch. the mayor of orlando, florida pleading with people to cut back sharply using water. the city uses liquid oxygen to treat the water supply, but hospitals are using so much of it to treat patients that the city may not have enough to purify the >>> covid watch. the mayor of orlando, florida

those are the conditions on the eastern end of long island. pretty close to where the center of henri passed today. also there, ron allen, who's in montauk, new york for us. what are you feeling? lots of wind or has it pretty much passed? >> we're feeling some rain. some mist. the winds have kind of died down considerably and the feeling is that everything is just very, very soaked and that this rain might continue. there's a lot of clouds, thick clouds still out there and the feeling is that the winds were not as strong or as long as many people feared. remember, this was thought, long island was thought to be the bull's eye. there was concern about the first hurricane here in more than 30 years. well, that did not happen. but of course, tropical storms still cause a lot of damage and a lot of concern like sandy, irene, others. here, as we've been surveying the community, we're not seeing a lot of damage. we're not seeing a lot of power outages. a lot of people here are breathing a sigh of relief, frankly, that things could have been a lot wo

how long will that last in long island? >> they'll have gusts up to 30, 40 miles an hour right through the afternoon. the wind was blowing the waves and the water out to see, not inland. that helped with the rhode island landfall. the winds itself, it's an inconvenience at this point. i don't think we'll see many power outages on long island. every one on long island has got to be saying thank you, thank you. >> thank you. >> fema is already deployed across the northeast. there were concerns as bill was saying about us being the nation's next billion dollar disaster. there's been eight weather and climate disasters in the u.s. with a billion dollars in losses. give me a sense on what a disaster like this looks like through fema's eyes. >> over the last 48 hours, fema has been getting prepositioned and preparing for worst case scenarios. making sure they is supplies, meals, tarps, generators. it lets the state and local officials know the federal government has their back. emergency responders have federal support and if the

we have long island. we have connecticut. and we have rhode island under hurricane warnings. everywhere you see in blue, that includes new york city and providence and nantucket. we have a tropical-storm warning in effect. and, michael, i'll be back in 30 minutes. i will give you the latest track and we'll talk about some of the -- some of the threats, like the rainfall threat and also the storm-surge threat, too. >> yeah. and -- and how the tides play into that, as well. look forward to that. tyler, thank you. tyler mauldin there. appreciate it. >>> now, severe weather also causing devastation in middle, tennessee. at least ten people have died during severe flash flooding in humphreys county. that's about 60 miles west of nashville. the sheriff's office told a cnn affiliate that two of the bodies they recovered were toddlers. more than two-dozen people are still missing. officials say a national guard helicopter, humvees, and other military vehicles are now being used in rescue operations. >>> now, at kabul's international airport, the crush of thousands and thousands of af

hurricane warning for long island, connecticut, rhode island.opical storm warning. we're feeling impacts even though the system is way down to the south. however, it's going to quickly approach, and here's the timing with our future satellite radar image. we really begin feeling the strong bands push into massachusetts, rhode island by the time we get to 4:00 in the morning tomorrow, or this morning, actually, 4:00 a.m. sunday. and it continues to push to the north, eventually makes landfall once we get to 2:00 in the afternoon. notice that new york continues to get socked by really heavy rainfall. we have already picked up multiple inches. and henri isn't even close yet. we'll continue to add to those totals. in fact, pretty much all of new england will continue to pick up really heavy rainfall. in addition, we have a full moon, so we have astronomical high tides, which is higher than normal tides because of the moon. then henri's approach is going to coincide with the regular high tide. for that reason we have storm surge warnings up for prett

long island, southern new england are bracing for a direco hit for the first time in 30 years. as we saw from janessa's live shot, areas are already experiencing initial impacts. look at this video from new york city. eastern parkway behind the brooklynhi library. >> people in henri's path are emptying shelves like this one at a walmart in connecticut where flashlights are usually stocked. those close to the coast boarding up windows and in some kiess evacuating. new york governor andrew cuomo declaring emergencies in parts of new york state. warning this could be as devastating as superstorm sandy in 2012. >> superstorm sandy, which we all remember, was also a category 1 when it hit new york state so just to put it into perspective how serious this is. >> janessa webb and bill karins. what's the latest on the path of the storm? >> breaking news from the hurricane center. it is now a tropical storm. henri is no longer a hurricane and we will not have a hurricane making landfall in new england for the first time since 1991. that was hurricane bob. this will make landfall as a tr

or john henderson is life for us now in long island. what's the situation like why you are well on. we rolled into rhode island with 90 kilometers and our speed of when we had massive waves rolling into that small estate in the u. s. and that is an ongoing as so right now. but as for here in new york on long island where it was suspected that that storm would hit with a direct landfall that did not happen. and they have avoided the worst of it. as a matter of fact, the sun is now coming out after just hours after that storm passed by with its outer. ready bans battering this part of new york. there was also concerned that downtown new york city might be overrun to the east river might flow into the city that didn't happen is well, but the concern here is not so much the high winds, which as you say, have been downgraded from hurricane strength in 24 hours to currently the tropical storm level. it's the water that is the big concern. that storm is expected to continue to slow down as it goes over rhode island, up through massachusetts, and possibly through maine before it goes back ou

alicia: long island spared a direct hit from tropical storm henri as it shifted to the east overnightheavy rains and strong winds remain a serious danger especially on the island's east end, power outages and potentially life threatening storm surge still major concerns and alex hogan is on the east end of long island. hi, alex. >> reporter: hi, alicia. as we see the storm move, pes personally the first time today that the rain quieted but it's been a downpour all morning long, of course the strong winds, up to 60 miles an hour, something that we have seen and we've seen some people come out to take a look but it's been a pretty quick look, quickly hurrying back to go inside. now, this was initially supposed to hit as a category 1, something that has not happened since 1985 and it was downgraded overnight to a tropical storm, some welcome news for people who live here. but governor andrew cuomo today urging all new yorkers to take the storm seriously because of the flooding and possible power outages. >> we have deployed 500 national guard, 1,000 state police, 500 pieces of equipment.

about 180 miles off the coast of the carolinas, 500 miles south of long island and we expect it to becomeurricane and because of that hurricane warnings are posted from where i stand east to rhode island and also much of long island. tropical storm warnings posted for all of the new york city metropolitan area. forecast track actually brings it to the west. that low over ohio will suck it in and landfall expected late in the morning tomorrow around noontime on long island right in the hamptons as -- at or near a category 1 hurricane and then coming through new haven and into new england with heavy rainfall and certainly damaging winds. the impacts over a very densely populated area both with people and infrastructure are going to be wide ranging with winds that could take down trees and power lines, dramatic storm surge and certainly some power outages along with this. much more throughout the broadcast. over to you. >> we'll be watching very closely in the coming hours. rob, thank you. >>> now to the situation in afghanistan. some americans reportedly beaten by the taliban while trying t

landfall is expected around long island but there will be impacts elsewhere, rhode island, massachusettsd as well as that torrential rain will cause flooding problems. after that the wind calmed down and the rain will eventually exhilarate towards the eastern parts of canada over the next few days. so hurricane henri no doubt bringing back uncomfortable memories of hurricane sandy. damaging gusts of wind, 250 millimetres of rain causing flooding in itself but as well as that, coastal communities will be watching out for a storm surge. that could be around 3— five foot high, bringing inundation to coastal communities. this is bbc news, our main headlines: the united states has asked its citizens to avoid going to kabul airport where thousands of people continue to gather in an attempt to flee afghanistan. let's stay with our main story now. while thousands of people try to board flights out of afghanistan, many afghan refugees are also flocking to neighbouring countries, and a key destination is iran. while iran has welcomed the us exit, their relationship with the taliban is a strategic

it'll hit here first — not exactly where i'm standing, the prediction is 80 miles to the east of long islandmade clear the appeal to the residence of fire island to leave, because he also thought that this could be similar to what happened in 2012 with hurricane sandy. but fire island was heavily impacted with damages — we know that storm brought about $70 billion of costs to the state of new york and newjersey, so clearly they are worried that could happen again. even though some people are standing on the beach, a lot of them have been packing to leave because the only way to get back through the mainland is a ferry service which will stop in a few hours. �* , ., service which will stop in a few hours. fl ., ,., service which will stop in a few hours. �*, ., . hours. it's not so much people -- is there a sign — hours. it's not so much people -- is there a sign of— hours. it's not so much people -- is there a sign of people _ hours. it's not so much people -- is there a sign of people preparing - hours. it's not so much people -- is there a sign of people preparing to. there a sign of people

bradley blackburn has the latest from long island. >> reporter: henri slammed into rhode island's coasth high winds and lashing rain as it made landfall sunday afternoon. storm slowed down but continued pouring rain on a wide swath of the northeast. >> we are taking it seriously. the size and the storm surge and the rainfall it is producing. >> reporter: andrew cuomo warned new yorkers about storm surge and flooding, especially in coastal areas, like long island. >>> please take percussion. >> reporter: this hurricane barrier was deployed to help prevent flooding in downtown providence. from massachusetts to new jersey, it is flooded homes, toppled trees and knocked out power for thousands. >> it is coming through. it is deep. >> reporter: one new jersey resident is trying to take in the damage. >> it is upsetting. there will be a lot of damage. basements are what's. >> reporter: on long island, people were fearing this could be a super storm sandy. parts of new york are still recovering from it nearly 9 years later. >> we are used to hurricanes out here. it was not as bad as we thought

to see some of the lighter bands even begin to push in across portions of massachusetts, eastern long islandll as rhode island. here's a look at where we had the heaviest rain really so far in the last 12 to 24 hours and that's from new york stretching down to atlantic city where we picked up two to four inches in some spots and even isolated higher amounts. flash flood watches in green and the flash flood in red again in anticipation of having additional rainfall. not like what we got yesterday is all we're going to get. but even if was, these are impressive numbers. 6.3 inches in brooklyn. prospect park picking up over five inches and, yes, central park picking up about 4.5. remember, this was yesterday. this does not take into account how much they had so far this morning. this was just yesterday. 4.45 inches. that breaks the previous record just over four back in 1888. now, again, we talked about the outer bands. again, they're starting to move in and now continue to slide further inland as we go through the day and eventually impacting areas of upstate new york, vermont, new hampshire a

nicholas isabella is a storm chaser and joins me now from long island in new york.ome of the early signs that you have been seeing? because it hasn't made landfall yet. i am seeing this term currently moving north towards long island and the northeast coast right now. i'm watching closely to try to pinpoint the exact landfall 0k shannon. i am also noticing people really preparing for the storm which is really important. it's been over 30 years since new york has seen a storm like this before, so i'm glad to see a lot of people are evacuating and making other preparations and making other preparations and taking it seriously. what and taking it seriously. what sort of damage _ and taking it seriously. what sort of damage are - and taking it seriously. what sort of damage are you - and taking it seriously. what sort of damage are you already seeing? are you seeing storm surges, things like thatjust as it approaches? surges, things like that 'ust as it approaches?�* surges, things like that 'ust as it approaches? yes, all day today noticed _ as it approaches? yes, all

earlier i spoke to nicholas isabella who is a storm chaser from long island in new york. island and the northeast coast right now. i'm watching closely to try to pinpoint the exact landfall location. i am also noticing people really preparing for the storm which is really important. it's been over 30 years since new york has seen a storm like this before, so i'm glad to see a lot of people are evacuating and making other preparations and taking it seriously. what sort of damage are you already seeing? are you seeing storm surges, things like that just as it approaches? yes, all day today, i noticed the waves on the south shore of new york getting bigger and bigger and bigger and coming closer to the boardwalk and to the neighbouring communities along the south shore of long island. these areas are right on the water, and they are the most prone to storm surges when the storm arrives. so once this storm hits, what kind of damage could we see? the biggest threat with the storm is going to be a storm surge, so ocean water, breaching into the streets of long island. you can e

he is now running for district attorney in long island's nassau county. first of all, is the governor's team likely to get access to trans scripts as the process plays out? if so, how soon? do they have a point? >> it is important to remember this isn't a court of law. this is a process that is now headed toward a vote by the assembly of impeachment. i think the problem with the governor's position with his attorneys is, you know, you can certainly try to poke holes in a given story. you can say you weren't treated fairly, but the evidence that the attorney general presented and the picture that her investigators painted was really overwhelming. we are talking about 11 victims, corroborating witnesses, other types of evidence, and it all really painted a damming picture. i think you are asking

it's predicted the storm will make land fall over long island, that puts us in the concern where the winds are more heavy and winds are greater. we're looking at winds 50, 60, 75, maybe even 80 miles per hour on the coast, 40 to 50 miles an hour inland and the bay is a concern for the storm surge predicted, 4 to 6. >> so rhode island's governor is fleeing up federal funds to help with the response so what kind of resources does that give you to work with? >> sure. we've been watching the storm for a while now. especially when it took that northern turn. and when it did so, we were in constant contact with the governor's office and he signed that prelandfall declaration, that frees up the national guard to do what we need him to do, depending on what happens with the storm. it frees up federal money to come in and it gives the governor executive powers to initiate rema, to open our emergency operation center and enact our comprehensive emergency management plan. >> do you brace yourself for the type of damage you could expect there? >> i mean, you know, we've seen these storms before.

excuse me, the -- the surrounding area of long island to -- to connecticut. early on sunday. and probably, around noon on sunday. that's when we're looking at a landfall. then, it lingers come sunday, on into monday and tuesday. and any time you have a system that's just meandering, you know you are going to pick up a lot of rain in short order and that's what we are going to see. now, models are in really good agreement on this system, henri, makin making landfall up here in new england. if you will remember, over the last several days, some models were wanting to take it into new england. some were keeping it right offshore. but now, models are in really good agreement with an impact in long island going into connecticut. it doesn't take much in the way of rainfall in this area to cause flooding. couple of inches. maybe, three inches, you will get some flooding. we have already picked up a lot in the way of rainfall over the last week because of tropical systems. and now, we're going to see up to 6 inches of rain on top of that other rain that we just picked up. that could

so we're waiting to find out what happens there, but she run long island. it seems to have been largely spared. and there was that here on montauk, jutting out into the atlantic, that there could be significant damage and significant range here, but already are starting to see people go outside. there are people walking on the beaches. they feel spared, but that storm is moved on. and it could be hours before we find out just what devastation it might require, and it's expected to sweep on up the coast of the united states through tuesday. john, thanks that john henry live 1st. there in montauk new york, and apologies for my early geographical area. there are the long island is of course, south of rhode island in new york. as i said earlier, a staying in the u. s. and 10 people have been killed and dozens are missing. as heavy rains hid the state of tennessee, the town of mchugh and just west of nashville had record breaking rainfall, the sweat, the way homes and flooding streets. a search is underway for 30 people who are still missing. a power cuts caused