Henri Maximum News Today

The wind definitely blowing there. we can see your hood flapping in the wind. it is dodging a direct hit from henri. give me some updates on where you are. >> reporter: right. i think this is one of those bands coming through. were seeing the winds pick up. some rain coming down a bit. well turn this way. you will get some rain into the lens. we may have to clear it off occasionally. some of that is the salt water spray coming up as the waves come ashore, bounce off this pier here and off these ...

Remain pretty gusty for the next couple of hours. i can tell you since our last report, perhaps in the last hour or so the conditions have improved significantly. i think before, i was barely hanging on. the winds are still pretty powerful. its not like what we saw earlier. a will the of people are coming out here now. this is ocean road behind me. there are a will the of folk who is are just kind of taking in the impacts of henri. you mentioned the waves. they are turning. they are still pretty...

Flooding throughout new port. >> youre looking right now at an earth cam shot. the storm is causing threat ping conditions outdoors. bringing dangerous storm surge and rainfall. at any moment the connecticut governor will give a briefing on the states response to henri. a bit later, president biden will give an update on how his administration is responding to storm. we have a team of reporters in three states covering the landfall for you. once again, were going back to kathy park. about 25 mil...

Welcome from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we have breaking news on tropical storm henri. we just learned the storm made landfall last hour. about 45 minutes ago or so, 12:15 p.m. right along the coast of rhode island, henri maximum sustained winds reached 60 miles an hour at landfall. the state is bracing for heavy impact over next few hours including widespread power outages with tens of thousands of people already in the dark. last hour the mayor of ...

>> thats a little bit of both. what happens is weve had fray. we had several rounds of this heavy rain. the soil so saturated. now were talking another two inch, four inches. the soil is saturated. it takes less wind to topple the trees and cause power outages. 25, 35, 40 miles an hour wind gusts can knock over trees in that case especially ones that have leaves on them this time of year. >> that all makes sense. let me ask you how long you think henri will remain over land before it finally hea...