Hurricane Isaias made landfall as a Category 1 storm in southern North Carolina near Ocean Isle Beach around with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph late Monday, the National Hurricane Center said.
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Henri weakened to a depression Sunday night, after earlier making landfall as a tropical storm in Rhode Island knocking out power to over 100,000 homes, causing flight cancelations and bringing record rainfall to New York City.
Yes but: It's expected to continue to unleashing heavy rains and triggering flooding across parts of southern New England and the Northern Mid-Atlantic States Through Monday, the National Hurricane Center warned.
In addition to being the wettest day since 2014... the 1.94" of rain that fell from 10pm to 11pm at Central Park last night was the wettest hour on record for New York City.
— NWS New York NY (@NWSNewYorkNY) August 22, 2021
More rain fell in that one hour than any other since record keeping began. #Henri #NYCwx
The big picture: Airports appear to have remained open after Henri made landfall on Sunday afternoon, but more than 1,000 flights in or out of or within the U.S. were canceled, per the flight-tracking website FlightAware.
What they're saying: President Biden said Sunday that the government had mobilized resources to help the afflicted areas, in additon to him already approving emergency declarations for Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York.
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