{"id":704,"date":"2021-08-21T13:41:23","date_gmt":"2021-08-21T13:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/CAIiEMnSM7NnGN5I-QSDgOkglngqFggEKg0IACoGCAow7s8BMNBIMLXUiQY"},"modified":"2021-08-21T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-21T13:41:23","slug":"ny-declares-state-of-emergency-as-hurricane-henri-looms-the-daily-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/?p=704","title":{"rendered":"NY Declares State of Emergency as Hurricane Henri Looms &#8211; The Daily Beast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_416,w_738,x_0,y_0\/dpr_2.0\/c_limit,w_740\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/v1629552666\/Screen_Shot_2021-08-21_at_9.30.33_AM_hgelwd\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Mobiledoc\">\n<p>Northeast states are about to get what\u2019s likely their worst weather this year, and it isn\u2019t a snowstorm. Forecasters upgraded Tropical Storm Henri to <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/cyclones\/\">Hurricane Henri<\/a> on Saturday, predicting that it will make landfall on New York\u2019s Long Island or southern New England, most likely Connecticut, on Sunday. Outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NYGovCuomo\/status\/1429147020070199300\">declared a state of emergency<\/a> for Long Island, New York City, the Hudson Valley, and the Capital District, activating 500 National Guard troops. He urged people on Fire Island, a popular vacation destination, to evacuate immediately and said residents in affected areas should stock up on supplies. Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul, who will become governor on Tuesday, has been briefed, Cuomo said. <\/p>\n<p>Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker activated about 1,000 members of the National Guard for rescues and clean-up. He hasn\u2019t, however, called for any evacuations. \u201cWe all need to take this storm extremely seriously,\u201d Baker said at a press conference, per <em>The New York Times<\/em>. \u201cThe simple point here is, we really would like everybody to be off the road at the height of this storm.\u201d The state is expected to face a storm surge and no power for almost 300,000 homes.<\/p>\n<p>It follows Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, who also declared a state of emergency and activated at least 200 members of the state\u2019s National Guard. \u201cIt\u2019s a good idea for everyone to be prepared and expect to shelter in place by Sunday afternoon through at least Monday morning,\u201d Lamont said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a class=\"ReadItAtLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/08\/20\/us\/climate-change#henri-new-england-hurricane-boston\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Read it at <\/span><span class=\"ReadItAtLink__name\">The New York Times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Northeast states are about to get what\u2019s likely their worst weather this year, and it isn\u2019t a snowstorm. Forecasters upgraded Tropical Storm Henri to Hurricane Henri on Saturday, predicting that it will make landfall on New York\u2019s Long Island or southern New England, most likely Connecticut, on Sunday. Outgoing New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency for Long Island, New York City, the Hudson Valley, and the Capital District, activating 500 National Guard troops. He urged people on Fire Island, a popular vacation destination, to evacuate immediately and said residents in affected areas should stock up on&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-connecticut-cbd-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/704\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thcinct.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}