New York: Tropical storm Henri which lashed the Northeast for two days with some areas receiving up to 10 inches of rain, has inflicted massive losses worth $8-12 billion, a media report said.
The storm was centered 50 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island, downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone upon its landing, Xinhua news agency said.
On Tuesday, electricity was mostly restored in Rhode Island and Connecticut, while floodwaters also receded from New Jersey and New York.
Central New Jersey was among the areas hardest hit, as rainwater rushed through streets like rivers. “Part of the state got crushed,” Governor Phil Murphy said.
Most of Henri’s heavy rain doused New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York.
In Rhode Island about 8,000 homes and businesses remained without power on Tuesday. T
