New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has declared a state of emergency for parts of the US state due to Hurricane Henri, including New York City, Long Island and some other areas. In the United States, a state of emergency is often declared out of prudence, because powers are transferred from the federal to the regional level.
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“New Yorkers, please, take this seriously, think of Hurricane Sandy,” Cuomo said at a news conference Saturday. It is hoped that the effects of the hurricane expected on Sunday will not be as bad as in 2012, but that is not certain. For New York City, Cuomo expects only heavy rainfall and some minor flooding.
The US weather service scaled Tropical Storm Henri, which is heading for the northeast of the US, into a hurricane on Saturday morning. The weather service issued a hurricane warning for parts of Long Island and Connecticut. Henri will probably land on Sunday afternoon local time.
Mexico
Tropical Storm Grace has caused flooding and power outages in eastern Mexico. In some 25 municipalities of the state of Veracruz, trees were uprooted, electricity poles fell and streets were flooded, Governor Cuitláhuac García Jiménez announced on Saturday.
More than half a million people were temporarily without power, utility company CFE reported. Several flights were canceled due to the storm.
Grace traveled on Thursday across the Yucatán peninsula, which is popular with holidaymakers. The storm caused damage, but there were no casualties.
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