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Flooded streets in the city of Helmetta in the state of New Jersey: Several bridges were also temporarily closed
Photo: TOM BRENNER / AFP
Storm Henri caused strong winds and rains in the northeastern United States.
On Sunday he first reached the coast of Rhode Island.
He then paralyzed the electricity supply of more than 100,000 households in New England.
There were several floods.
Roads flooded, bridges became impassable.
Many people were stuck in their vehicles.
The storm had been downgraded by a hurricane before reaching New England.
According to the National Hurricane Center, Henri was pulling inland with gusts of up to 70 miles per hour (about 113 km / h).
So far, only a few major wind or flood damage has been reported.
However, several bridges in Rhode Island were temporarily closed, and some coastal roads were almost impassable.
Several communities in central New Jersey were inundated with up to eight inches of rain by noon on Sunday.
In Jamesburg, television footage showed flooded downtown streets and cars almost completely submerged.
In the afternoon, over 78,000 households in Rhode Island, 32,000 in Connecticut, 9,000 in Massachusetts and 4,000 in New York were affected by blackouts.
Rhode Island has been hit by repeated hurricanes and tropical storms, including Superstorm Sandy in 2012, Irene in 2011, and Hurricane Bob in 1991. The city of Providence suffered major flood damage from a hurricane in 1938 and Hurricane Carol in 1954 that they built a hurricane barrier in the 1960s.
This was closed on Sunday.
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