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Forecasters Warn That Henri Could Be The Worst Storm To Hit The Northeast in 30 Years
August 22, 20217:59 AM ET

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/22/1030099545/henri-tropical-storm-hurricane-long-island-new-england

Tropical Storm Henri charges toward southern New England

By Jason Samenow and Matthew Cappucci
Today at 11:06 a.m. EDT


Henri weakened slightly from a hurricane to a strong tropical storm Sunday morning, but is expected to be a force as it crosses the coast between eastern Long Island and southeast Massachusetts Sunday by around midday.

According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm is forecast to produce “dangerous” storm surge inundation in coastal areas, “considerable” inland flooding due to heavy rain and damaging winds.

Here’s what to know

Inland flooding could pose the most serious threat, with widespread rainfall of 3 to 6 inches north of Philadelphia and south and west of Hartford, and isolated amounts to 10 inches. Significant flooding has already affected New York City and parts of New Jersey.
The surge, or storm-driven rise in water above normally dry land at the coast, could reach 3 to 5 feet, from Long Island Sound to Nantucket Sound, flooding homes and businesses.
Near and east of where the storm makes landfall, winds could gust to at least 60 mph, downing trees and utility lines and triggering power outages.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/08/22/hurricane-henri-live-updates/

Central Tennessee inundated with rain, ‘catastrophic’ flooding
Parts of the region saw as much as 18 inches of rain fall in 48 hours.

By Laura Reiley
Yesterday at 5:16 p.m. EDT


Central Tennessee was inundated with rain Saturday, leaving some towns struggling with severe flooding.

“The town of Waverly [about 60 miles west of Nashville] is pretty much underwater,” said Krissy Hurley, the warning coordination meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Nashville. “There are no deaths that we have been made aware of, but there are people on their roofs waiting to be rescued and many people trapped in their vehicles.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/21/tennessee-catastrophic-flooding/


Harrowing North Carolina floods left farm animals stranded, lifted houses off their foundations
Four died and four remain missing after a tropical storm brought torrential rain to the area

By Caroline Anders
Yesterday at 4:23 p.m. EDT

Cynthia Cordle’s daughter burst into the house.

“Y’all better come on,” she said. “We’ve got animals drowning.”

It had been raining for days when Tropical Storm Fred swept through western North Carolina this week, killing at least four people, with four others unaccounted for. The flooding ravaged this swath of Appalachia, destroying roads and bridges, washing cars away and displacing an estimated 500 families.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/21/north-carolina-floods-survivors-appalachia/