alix has decided that this weekend, she once to go to montauk.ing is that long island is in for quite a sunday. i expect you back here on monday. that's all i'm going to say. [laughter] alix: if i get stuck in montauk and guy has to anchor solo monday, he is going to have a field day with that. because apparently the -- shuts down 35 mile per hour winds, and the storm is going to start saturday night. if it was sunday afternoon it would be fine, but saturday night? that feels a little dicey. guy: it is going to be quite a weekend for you. henri. are we doing henry or henri? basically, you guys are going to get knocked around by a french storm. [laughter] but yeah, it is an interesting weekend to have an open air concert. and i think it is a further factor that is going to delay people coming back. all those people that were thinking about coming back to the office, here's another reason why they may be don't want to do so. the delta variant bubbly one of the biggest factors in their thinking. let's talk more about that. three senators now confirm

montauk is our highest storm surge at 2.11. what we're watching here, as it circulates counterclockwise, the residents that live on the north shore of eastern long island are having the winds come in from the new york across the sound. they're seeing the heaviest surge than they'll see to the west. parts of cape cod are areas to watch. wind gusts, 41 miles per hour, providence 39. the high tide in bridgeport, connecticut, was just a little bit ago at 11:51. so that's going to start to improve. the winds will die down. the problem is, they do not have to be strong to move into this area and knock out power to tens of thousands more. those that live here know they're vulnerable. some of the weakest of storms can knock out power to hundreds of powers for one week, two weeks, even three weeks. power companies are still kind of leery of that, and for good reason. now, we're waiting for the national hurricane center to officially give us a landfall. we believe it has possibly happened in the southwestern corner on the coastal areas o

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 by the storm have hampered rescue efforts. a china has evac to activated its emergency flood response. as heavy rains continue to batter several regions in situ one province. almost 19000 people are affected by the storms which have caused mud slides and cut off highways. a wildfires are burning through 200000 heck there's a protected land. in bolivia, the area is twice the size of london and his home to an isolated indigenous communities near the border with brazil. local authorities say the fires, a threatening conservation zones and re animals. indigenous leaders from acros

you see the highest gusts are around montauk into newport, martha's vineyard, and then took it. this is the areas that will have the best chance of power outages during the day. notice how light the winds are towards new york city and areas of connecticut. that will be the backside, weaker edge of the storm. you can see on radar, the white is the clouds. the green and the yellows and the reds are the heavy rain. notice the heavy rain is going to be on the west side of the storm. if you're on the east side from nantucket to new bedford, up to boston, you're not going to get a lot of heavy rain. a lot of the drenching, flooding rains will be on the west side of the storm. it is barreling hurricane. it may not even make landfall as a hurricane. it may be a trouble tropical storm. either way, the impact will likely be the same. just different in the history books. so, it will make landfall after about 2 pm. likely around noon to 2 pm, some places just to the east east of new london. then towards newport. the right side is where the heaviest winds would be. providence, that puts you

jon: from montauk new york, alex, thank you.ot just a tropical storm causing problems we will check in with tennessee with record-breaking floodwaters have killed at least 22 people so far we will listen to their news conference. >> a lot of folks did not have flood insurance those who run a floodplain were affected but it's never nearly enough but this is a special circumstance. >> this is on the ground right now and still unfolding so we will be looking at the individual circumstances with this particular fled to see what help will be available and we will look for avenues for that we will explore that clearly in the next few days. >> . >> the difference for this particular fled i think we received 15 inches of rain and a 12 hour period of time it is very different than before but i'm sure there will be assessments after-the-fact about what happened and how it happened are there ways that we can look to mitigate this going forward? but right now this is a result of a record flood like that community has not seen before. >> [in

but right now i would say that the story out here in montauk where montauk is, the waves, and we are just about three hours way from high tide and we are already seeing the waves coming up here, getting closer and closer inland. they are coming up to the stairs here already. so that's really the story out here for now. and we can feel like the wind start to pick up. here is another wave come in. so it's going to get closer and closer to the edge. certainly that is something that has many emergency officials concerned. that's why there is already a state of emergency here on long island. the governor yesterday declaring that. and also key is that they have pro positioned many of the emergency personnel around town just in case they need to start doing rescues. of course? a beach community, so many people have left. keep this in mind, that during the pandemic many people stayed here throughout the year. many people have been living here. so even though mostly this is a beach community, but for the last year, year and a half, many people have been calling parts of long island, the hampt

tropical storm henri making landfall as we gave you a live look at montauk.land was fortunately spared a direct strike, however, the slow-moving storm could still create a lot of problems. let's bring in executive steve malone. welcome to you. give me your sense. is it relief yet because henri isn't completely over yet. it's kind of parked over the region to some degree. >> we're still in the peak hours of the storm here so we're still seeing high winds, particularly out in the hamptons on the east end where we've had reports of flooding, torrential rain continues. out on fire island, we've had the atlantic ocean hitting those dunes. their holding right now. and we still have an astronomical high tide that we have to go through later today. so this is a storm that's going to be with us for a while but we're prepared for anything. we have crews deployed throughout the county. we have urban search and rescue teams that are deployed and even one that came as far away as buffalo down here, which i think is a good example of how we come together in times of crisis

montauk was supposed to be it worse than it has, so far. what have you been seeing? >> reporter: in the days leading up to this somewhere along long island was thought to be the bull's-eye. we're starting literally at the point where the atlantic and long island sound come together, the further easterly point in new york. we kind of watched the storm go by. it was out there a few miles past us, figuratively, and it did, it skirted around montauk and spared this community, which of course, was a great relief. there were some evacuations in the low-lying areas, places like fire island, some of the communities along the hamptons, and people heeded those warnings. that was all good. but now, hours later, it's amazing how the weather has changed. the forecasters said this was a fast-moving storm, and that's what happened here. now completely different conditions. still cloud cover, still feeling a bit of a mist of rain, but the winds have died down significantly. they were raging, i guess as much as 40, 50 miles an hour in this area. hours ago it was different to stand he

alix can go back to montauk.n bloomberg at 10:00 eastern time, 8:00 mountain time. guy: mountain time. that sounds very glamorous. i think will be a great deal of fun. michael's not going alone. important people are going. i had forgotten about montauk. what else do we have coming up apart from the big storm that will hit montauk? tuesday, lie harris is in asia. wednesday -- tuesday kamala harris is in asia. i think we get personal u.s. consumption data on friday. i am looking forward to that. what we have coming up? liz shuler, afl-cio president, joining "balance of power." ♪ so...i know you and george were struggling with the possibility of having to move. how's that going? well we found a way to make bathing safer with a kohler walk-in bath. it has the lowest step-in of any bath. it has handrails, a wide door, and textured surfaces. so it gives you peace of mind. and you would love the heated backrest -and the whirlpool jets -and the bubblemassage. and it was installed quickly and conveniently by a kohler-cert

trevor ault is in montauk. the eastern tip of long island. trevor, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, dan. henri is about 40 miles southeast of us right now, and we're seeing the early signs of his arrival, the fits and starts of downpours. winds sustaining around 40 miles an hour. we saw overnight gigantic waves topping out at about ten feet. they've just continued to pummel this beach. you heard from rob talking about the tide moving in. this massive sand bank, we're told the power of the storm will easily wash all of this away revealing some emergency sandbags they strategically placed here. the larger unknown is the potential damage to homes and businesses and to people. that's what's driving the concern right now. this morning henri closing in on the northeast, 55 million people in its path. multiple states declaring a state of emergency bracing for winds up to 80 miles per hour. storm surge up to 5 feet. >> it is as serious as a heart attack. >> reporter: in new jersey the heavy rain from the storm already flooding streets.

meteorologist janessa webb, she's been tracking the storm all weekend for us she joins us now from montauk. that is on new york's long island janessa, good morning. >> reporter: hi. good morning we're seeing pretty calm conditions here. but that is not the case we are not done with this storm system as we're seeing rotation across new jersey into parts of philadelphia yes, it has been downgraded to a depression, but the impacts are still the same i do have flash flood watches across the northeast into southern new england, and then we will not be done with this tropical system until about tuesday afternoon. so we do have hurricane warnings that have expired, but still tropical alerts that still expand across this area. from portland, maine all the way down to point pleasant today is not the day for cleanup. we really won't be seeing that until tuesday. gusty winds still in the forecast at least 40 to 50 miles per hour guys >> still not out of the woods just yet janessa, thank you >>> facing the biggest foreign policy crisis of his administration, president biden once again defended his dec

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 side of our hotel here. even there, some of the w

let's bring in john henderson in montauk on long island. so john, what is the latest your getting there? on re walla drove the island with winds of 90 kilometers an hour. that is well below the $120.00 or so that is hurricane level. but it did send soaring waves, crashing on the still on the shore of the tiniest state in the us. now here on long island, which is the eastern most point, and where i am now is mon talk, the eastern most point on long island. the storm is largely passed by, but that doesn't mean that the damage is over in new jersey, the outer bands of that storm sent cars reeling off the new jersey turnpike. we witnessed that overnight as we drove through there. and then up here, there have been just hours and hours and hours of rains and that can cause flooding . there was concern, there would be flooding in new york city that seems to have largely been averted. the east river did not overflow its banks there. so for new york, although president biden did declare a state of emergency for this entire state, the worst seems to

the storm is only 40 miles south-southeast of montauk and heading up to the east of montauk. winds at 70 and moving at 16 miles per hour. pretty quick pace. you can do the math. in three to four hours we'll get our landfall and this is the latest hurricane center track over the top of block island. landfall into rhode island. that would bring the strongest winds in. widespread power outages are likely and storm surge happening later in those areas back to cape cod. luckily high tide is occurring now and the tide will be going out when it makes landfall. the storm rains itself out slowly over the next two to three days. as far as maximum wind gusts. the highest gusts will be from new london to newport to block island. 60 to 80-mile-per-hour gusts. that's where the worst power outages will be. storm surge to the east of the center, rhode island and cape cod. those high tide times occurring as we go throughout the next two hours. we'll continue to watch and monitor this. i think we'll get a landfall here late this morning into rhode island. >> bill karins, always super thorough.

so a direct impact, direct landfall in montauk, is still possible, but it really looks like we could end up having direct landfall somewhere on that connecticut/rhode island line as a strong tropical storm to low-end hurricane. we continue to have the hurricane warnings for long is island, connecticut, rhode island. the surrounding regions are under tropical storm warning in blue. that includes new york city. on top of that, pretty much the entire coastline of new york and the entire coastline of southern new england is under a storm surge warning. we could see in those really low-lying areas, we could see storm surge up to 5 feet in some spots. >> wow. that's pretty serious stuff. hopefully folks are heeding all the warnings. we'll check in with you later, tyler, appreciate it. >>> a short time ago, cnn spoke with lieutenant commander robert mitchell. he's part of a hurricane hunter team that flew directly into hurricane henri on saturday, gathering data that helps forecasters know exactly what to expect from the storm. so here's what his team is learning, take a listen. >> this sto

everyone in montauk has been told to find shelter and stay safe.top of the heavy wind and storm surge, there is also the threat of isolated tornadoes. liz: we can see him drenched. obviously, we are not dealing with that. we are dealing with fires. the good news is the air quality is getting a little better. frances: air quality is improving. i wanted to give you an update on tropical storm henri as it is just about to make landfall. it is moving about 12 miles an hour in a north-northwest direction with guests up to 70 miles per hour. it is headed towards rhode island. tropical storm conditions continue through tonight before it turns into a low tomorrow morning. we are expecting up to seven inches in heavier spots. very dangerous for connecticut, rhode island, and southern massachusetts. heavy rainfall, flash flooding is occurring. the national hurricane center has senaid they can inspect a storm surge about to four feet. temperatures in the 50's and 60's. improving air quality yesterday evening into today because of the onshore flow. we had lots

ron allen is at the eastern end of long island in montauk, new york.u, we've been looking at pictures and it's looked like a hot mess. storm surge levels could reach just four feet at least but look at those waves, winds. talk about what you're seeing and feeling. >> reporter: it's gotten better. we're wondering if this is a moment we're near the eye of the storm or just getting a break in the clouds or something. it was a lot more intense. the winds are still pretty strong. you can see out there the ocean. that is the atlantic ocean. the atlantic and long island sound kind of meet. south and west of where kathy was, rhode island/connecticut area, you're right, they dodged a bullet here. this was the bull's eye. it appeared the storm may have missed here, clipped the edge of us. now we're trying to get assessments of damage. there was a utility company that warned outages could last seven to ten days which had people concerned. how could that be? the rain has stopped. the winds are still gusting. the seas are still churning and we'll see what the rest

waves 15 to 20-foot swells then breaking onshore from montauk, certainly across parts of rhode islandislands. we'll see big waves and we'll see big storm surge as well from three to five feet, not just there but here on long island sound where i stand, a lot of inlets here will be seeing water rise dramatically as henri comes in. >>> okay, we're back now >>> okay, we're back now with an inbox intervention. can you imagine a world without email? speaking personally i love my work but the never-ending barrage of email and texts and messages is the worst part of my work. so this morning we're going to talk to an expert named cal newport about creating boundaries and reducing burnout. check it out. the advent of email brought a whole new way of communication. >> i go online. >> you've got mail. >> reporter: but more than two decades later the romance is gone. the constant cacophony of notifications can wreak havoc on our mental health. >> each of these have messages that requires constant checking of your inbox, constant checking and that is where the problem comes from. >> reporter: cal

again, the hamptons, montauk seeing some of the rain bands move in. for now they're light but really starting to pick up, not only in frequency but also in intensity as we go through the next several hours. storm surge is still a concern. areas of new jersey should start to see that threat go down as the storm gets closer because of the direction in which those winds are. but the threat is still going to remain from boston stretching all the way down towards the hamptons. here's one thing to note, too. we've talked about this yesterday. high tide for today could end up being very similar to the landfall time. that's a concern because you have all that water being pushed in from storm surge. at the same time, you're dealing with very high tides because this isn't just a normal high tide. the full moon is today. you have astronomical high tides in some of these places especially right there along the coast. now, we're going to break down rain. how much has already fallen? how much more do we expect and we'll talk about the potential for power outages, b

nbc's ron allen is in montauk, new york with more. ron, how serious has the storm been on long island? >> reporter: it is drenched and soaked long island just like it has the entire region. that is the big concern that officials have now. there are flash flood warnings in place. right now we're at montauk point the furthest east you can get in new york. and we're up high and there are still strong winds that are blowing in off the ocean. i can see that there are thick clouds still in the skies. so those are reminders to residents to remain vigilant. that is what officials are saying. the worst of the storm has apparently blown through here and it moved through very quickly, which was a good thing. you'll remember a couple days ago there was talk that this part of long island even further west closer to new york could be the bulls eye. that didn't happen and that was of course the big relief. but there are still concerns about possible flash floods happening and this was not the kind of hurricane or tropical storm that ripped apart bui

is now and what's ahead for us nbc's janessa webb is reporting from the tip of long island out in montauk >> reporter: i'm getting lucky this morning where the behavior of the storm system has been up and down and ifyou're across new york city, washington, d.c., philadelphia you are seeing the brunt of this system right now yes, it has been downgraded to a tropical depression. the impacts though, they are still the same flash flood advisories and watches. they are still in place across new york city to the philadelphia area and even southern new england throughout the afternoon. look at some of these totals we're not done with the storm. at least two to three inches in some spots and then isolated areas up to 4 to 5 inches. the winds really not going to be an issue today going to be allowing power lines dipping back together but it's the rainfall, the storm surge we're actually done with look at current radar. the heavier bands are starting to make their way in throughout the area the latest track for the storm syst doesn't pusemuth. new orleans, 97. the heat index near 100 degrees. so fl

than 6 inches of rain have fallen in central park already ron allen is out at long island at the montaukighthouse. >> 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 time to say

. >> reporter: in new york, waves crashed on montauk beach, drawing a few brave souls to admire the view>> watching the storm, i love it, chaos. >> reporter: last night, new york city saw one of its hardest downpours in history. and in new jersey, floodwaters engulfed whole neighborhoods. >> it's getting deep, and it's coming through. >> reporter: including kelly richards' helmeta home. >> it's upsetting, it's going to be a lot of damage for a lot of people. definitely. cars are under, basements are wet. it's not good. >> reporter: a swan rides the waves in old saper, connecticut, where this family was among the thousands evacuating to ride out the storm. >> it was a no-brainer to get down here. between the winds and the rain. mostly the tidal surges. >> reporter: with downed trees throughout the region, thousands are without power. in connecticut alone, the utility had predicted nearly 70% of customers could lose electricity. the outage numbers weren't as bad as feared, but still here in connecticut, already nearly 30,000 are without power. in rhode island, neighboring rhode island, the

john henry has a story from the storms pub in montauk and new york on re rolled into rhode island on massive waves making a rare and raucous landfall in new england downgraded from a hurricane on sunday, unrestricted new york. before becoming the 1st tropical storm to land in this small estate in 30 years, threatening the northeast coast of the us on re reserved the brent of its fury. for rhode island, snapping trees like twigs in kent, exploding electrical transformers in newport, in battering in beaching boats in jamestown. president biden declared a state of emergency in new york, connecticut, and rhode island. and while new englanders are used to dealing with some tough weather, the storm has potential for widespread consequences across the region with significant flooding power outages that could affect hundreds of thousands of people. and so we're doing everything we can now to help those states prepare, respond, recover for a broad swath of the atlantic coast. that process has already begun. the storms spared the wars for a long island, which fear to direct hit, but it still w

with the timing and track in just a moment, but we start with abc's trevor ault leading us off from montauk, new york. >> reporter: tonight, 55 million people bracing for impact as hurricane henri takes aim. states of emergency declared in parts of the northeast, including connecticut and new york. residents stocking up on sandbags, gas, and essential supplies. >> i hope people take this very seriously. >> reporter: voluntary evacuation orders issued on fire island. visitors there fleeing on ferries. >> think back to superstorm sandy and what areas got flooded and what homes were damaged, and i would use that in these areas as a predictor of what could happen. >> reporter: 500 new york national guard members deploying, and fema preparations under way. >> we have moved equipment in. we've moved resources in. we've talked to our state partners about what their preparedness levels are. >> reporter: and new england expecting to be hit hard. boaters in massachusetts pulling their boats from marinas. officials warning of destructive winds, flooding rain, and widespread power outages. >> get yours

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 drove with my producer, james, and we went through new jersey and we drove through the outer bands of this storm. and even there, it was not in the storms path directly, but it was wiping cars off the road. you could only see a few meters ahead of you. and that is what we are expecting to be much more damaging whe

>> we appreciate the insight janis, thank you >>> let's head out to montauk on new york's long island, where nbc meteorologist janessa webb has been covering henri all weekend. good morning to you, janessa >> hi. good morning good to see you both good morning, everyone man, i've been chasing this storm system all weekend along and finally it's outrun me we're seeing an area of low pressure that's kind of building across the storm system. and that's why we're still dealing with flooding. now, we do still have a tropical depression and that will continue this afternoon before we're finished with henri and it makes its way out to sea the problem is some totals across sections of the northeast are hitting about 10 to 12 inches and we're expecting an additional 12 inches possible across vermont into southern new england this afternoon so i know this storm system caused a lot of wind and rain when we dealt with that landfall in rhode island. things will start to die down for today. so the flood threat is still enhanced but the storm surge really not a threat anymore. you can see from the cu

our trevor ault is in montauk. >> the center of henri is passing about a dozen miles east of us right now, but we can still feel the power of this storm, these aggressive winds and the waves that are slamming into the shoreline. >> reporter: a mass exodus from there ahead of the storm. >> we were so fortunate with the track to the east in terms of wind and surge. we have not been fortunate at all with the rainfall track of this. >> reporter: in middlesex county, new jersey, roads submerged, first responders using boats to bring as many as 150 people to safety. and overnight henri turbocharging a separate system, funneling more than five inches of rain into parts of new york city. >> please seek shelter for your safety. >> reporter: the severe weather forcing officials to cut short the "homecoming concert" in central park. fans forced to take shelter. some 60,000 had been expected to attend. nearly two inches of rain falling there just between 10:00 and 11:00. the park's wettest hour on record. >> record-setting rainfall in several areas. janai joins us live from springfield, massachus

the reason being is even though the track takes it this way and it looks like montauk to rhode island could be where we have the landfall. this track, this cone is only telling you where the center of the storm is going is to go. the impact is going to be felt way far out from the center of this system. it's going to make landfall. not this morning, but more like around noon to 2:00 this afternoon. we're definitely going to see the conditions go downhill over the next few hours here. the rain is going to push in to boston or, excuse me, massachusetts and then ev eventually rhode island and then connecticut and new york. and then it just continues to go downhill for the rest of the region as the system pushes from the south to the north. a lot of rainfall has already fallen across the region. i mean, we've picked up several inches over the last week. new york probably picked up four to five. some areas six inches just within the last 24 hours and we'll add to those totals as theist ism slows down after making landfall. some of us could see up to six inches of rainfall. isolated areas,

coming down on top of this house on montauk avenue here in new london.er was home when it happened and heard the crash and came down assessed the damage. he saw the power lines down around his house. not quite a safe situation here even though he was uninjured and no one in the house was injured by this. no one in the town, fortunately, has been reported injured in this storm so far, by the way. he said one fortunate thing the house is so solidly built it didn't seem to cause a lot of damage on the roof up here. it came krashing down and hit that part of the roof. it didn't collapse. a large part of the tree snapped and came down here. you've got that damage. he's assessing that and getting ready to call his insurance company to come and try to help him out that way. again, power lines down here and we know there are power lines down throughout the city over here is where the homeowner told me that the power got knocked out. you see the dangling wirings up there on the pole. that's where the power got 0 knocked out in the neighborhood. you have that to d

tropical storm henri. 65 miles north of montauk. it was supposed to slow down a little more than s this. landfall looking like 2 p.m. or 1 p.m. landfall may occur as early as 11 a.m.? noon? maybe even as early as 10 a.m. you can do the math yourself. only three hours from landfall if it doesn't slow down. it should asl little bit. as far as the forecast, landfall sometime around noon. it may be slightly earlier than that. as far as watches and warnings go, these will be changed. there will no longer be hurricane warnings in effect because it'se no longer a hurricane. predicted winds, it could get into the 70 to 80 mile per hour winds.le i think it will be tough to get the 70 to 70 mile per hour wind gusts on long island. the wind totals have to be dropped. the reason that's important because wind gusts, 50-mile-per-hour plus with leaves on the trees to start getting widespread power outages. from islip to new york city, i don't expect any power outages. best chance of power outages in rhode island. storm surges continue even going d

montauk is under a hurricane warning at the moment because as the system pushes to the north it's goingrricane status and it would make landfall on long island as a low end category one hurricane, maybe a strong tropical storm, as you see. again, conditions are going to go downhill after midnight. long island will start to feel major impacts around daybreak tomorrow and then once we get to 2:00 in the afternoon tomorrow, we're watching this thing come ashore. then it really slows its notre dame motion and hangs out over new england. this isn't great news. that means a lot in the way of rainfall in this area. this area is saturated. we picked up four or five inches over the last seven days and we're going to see roughly six inches of rain fall in this area because of henri. hurricane warning in effect for long island as well as connecticut and actually, the entire state of rhode island and connecticut are under some sort of warping, whether tlits a there tropical storm warning or a hurricane warning. new york city is under a tropical storm warning as well. nantucket, you're under a tropi

this purple area including montauk, perhaps even higher than that which is why we're anticipating suchtages. not just sunday but for the days after as well. storms are just going to be a big concern, especially right there along the coast from nantucket, providence, down through east hampton. about 3 to 5 feet there but even areas like boston and the jersey shore, in theory, pretty far from where the landfall point will be. they can still expect some storm surge numbers around 1:00 to 3:00 feet. one other thing to point out, for some of these locations, when landfall is happening, high tide may also be occurring, jim, and one thing to point there, this is not a normal daily high tide. full moon is tomorrow. which means you're talking astronomical high tides, at the same time, dealing with storm surge. >> boaters beware, allison chinchar. >>> how did all of that go down the drain in 12 days? it was years in the making. the revelations next live in the cnn newsroom. ♪ ♪ life is full of unexpected surprises. for your first day of school. but other times, it helps knowing what to expect. a

look at this purple area here, including montauk, we're talking 110 mile per hour wind gusts.ination of winds and rain. along the east coast, from north carolina up to massachusetts, high surf and rip currents will be a concern but the heaviest rainfall is going to be limited in and around that landfall location but it spreads inland so new york, vermont, new hampshire stil

look at this purple area here, including montauk, we're talking 110 mile per hour wind gusts. the other areas, 40 to 60 mile per hour winds that's enough when you talk about the combination of winds and rain. along the east coast, from north carolina up to massachusetts, high surf and rip currents will be a concern but the heaviest rainfall is going to be limited in and around that landfall location but it spreads inland so new york, vermont, new hampshire still likely to see several inches of rain. which is why you have the flash flood threat for several states. it's important to note earlier this week they had a lot of rain from the remnants of fred now you have two systems bringing a tremendous amount of rain saturating the ground. we talked about the high wind gusts it's not going to take much to bring trees and power lines down, which is why we're anticipating power outages. storm surge also going to be a concern. this area here, hamptons, nantucket, providence, talking 3 to 5 feet. but even around boston and down towards the jersey coast, still 1 to 3 feet of storm surge

. >>> we've actually just learned that all beaches in east hampton and montauk in new york will be closeday. let's bring in meteorologist tyler mauldin for more. with all that information we were getting from the lieutenant commander, you probably already got it. what is it telling you? >> you see the squiggly lines, looks like silly string? that's their flight path. it looks erratic, but there's strategy here. they go into each quat rant, quat rant 1, 2, 3, 4. they go over the center. what they found was a 76-mile-per-hour wind, a healthy hurricane. maximum sustained winds there above 75, gusts as high as 90. it's moving to the north at exactly 21 miles per hour. and on this track it's going to continue to maintain that hurricane intensity. eventually making landfall near the connecticut/rhode island line, possibly eastern long island, as a strong tropical storm or category 1 hurricane. you see it already being picked up on the new york city radar. new york has been really taking it on the chin over the last several hours. all of this rain is streaming off of the system. here in new york

. >> shimon prokupecz is live for us in montauk, new york, and he has been watching some real progresshere in terms of the tide already this morning. shimon, what is it like this hour? >> reporter: yeah, well, you can see what's happening. the water is actually starting to get closer to the dunes more inland. that is the big concern here. you have heard from officials. you had someone on air last hour talking about the turning. that is going to be the concern here. we are just about two hours or so away from high tide and officials here certainly bracing for what could potentially be two to five feet of water that goes inward into the neighborhood here. there are some homes here, obviously, lots of hotels. we just saw a woman running by. so clearly some of the residents here unfazed by this. but this is the story here. it's not so much the rain. it's not so much the win. at least at this moment. it is the surge. it is the waves that are coming in, crashing in along the shore here and, you know, we are just two hours, two hours away from high tide. so certainly officials here expecting

as it takes this journey and it makes land -- landfall somewhere around montauk going to southern newngland somewhere along the line of connecticut to rhode island. we will see all that moisture continue to stream up. so heavy rainfall is going to continue across jersey, new york city, on into connecticut and boston, massachusetts. you can see it, too. all of massachusetts will see -- see heavy rainfall. northern new -- new hampshire, vermont, we're also going to see it. about 6 inches of rain. some areas, up to 10 inches. this is on top of what we have already dealt with the last seven days so you take that saturated ground. tropical storm to hurricane force winds coming onshore. you mix all that together. trees are going to topple and, yeah, we are going to see power outages for sure. the good news is we are seeing out of state crews, power crews come into the region. robyn, they are coming from 30 different states, d.c., and canada. more than 12,000 crews are coming in to help restore power. that's the kind of storm we are dealing with here. >> goodness. thanks for keeping us poste

montauk, new haven, islip. and all the way down to the jersey shore, point pleasant beach, be prepared as well too. this is the latest, this came out at 5:00. next advisory at 8:00 and then 11:00 and then 2:00 p.m. we'll see changes. right now it is so close to a category 1 storm. very strong with winds at 70 miles per hour. it's moving fairly quickly at 12 miles per hour to the north/northeast as we expected. it made that turn and it's continuing to move through the north in those very warm bath-like waters. that's why we expect it to blossom into a category 1 storm later on today. i stopped this clock also right near long island. so we do anticipate -- the national hurricane center anticipates this landfalling as a category 1 storm. this has not happened since hurricane gloria, i remember, it was on my birthday years ago, 36 years ago. so we could see another one as early as sunday. let's go throughout time here. this is going to be the biggest problem with hurricanes you see heavy rainfall, you see storm sur