Henri continued to drop large amounts of rain as it weakened over land, prolonging floods and power outages. The storm caused less damage overall than initially feared, due to a weaker landfall and faster weakening trend compared to what was previously forecast. In the aftermath of Henri, many crews were put in place from around the United States to help with recovery efforts and rescues. Power outages quickly became extensive in the region. On August 23, Henri degenerated into a remnant low over New England, before dissipating on the next day over the Atlantic.ĭespite its relatively weak intensity, the storm brought very heavy rainfall over the Northeastern United States and New England, causing widespread flooding in many areas, including cities such as New York and Boston. It proceeded to move west-northwestward, weakening down to a tropical depression while greatly slowing down later that day. state of Rhode Island during the season, seven weeks after Elsa. Eventually, on August 21, Henri strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane, before weakening back to a tropical storm and making landfall in Westerly, Rhode Island, on August 22, making it the second tropical cyclone to make landfall in the U.S. Soon after, strong wind shear weakened Henri slightly. Henri strengthened steadily, reaching its initial peak intensity with winds of 70 mph (110 km/h) and a pressure of 994 mbar (29.4 inHg) early on August 19.
Henri continued to slowly move south, and later southwest. Nearly a day later, the system strengthened into Tropical Storm Henri.
The eighth named storm and third hurricane of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, Henri developed from a well-defined low-pressure system north-northeast of Bermuda, becoming a tropical depression on August 16. Hurricane Henri ( / ɒ n ˈ r iː/ ahn- REE ) was a minimal category 1 hurricane that impacted the Northeastern United States. Part of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Henri near peak intensity approaching New England on August 21īermuda, Northeastern United States, southern Nova Scotia
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