New York Alert for the Arrival of Hurricane Henri | “It’s as bad as cardiac arrest,” Governor Andrew Cuomo said.

The storm Henri begins to wreak havoc in New York: floods cause the closure of several subway lines in the metropolis and neighborhoods are completely inundated. Authorities 500 National Guard soldiers have been deployed on a preventive basis.

In New York, they waited for thHurricane Henri makes landfall this Sunday. “It’s as bad as a heart attack,” Cuomo said in announcing the state of emergency.

The governor noted that “It will be an event of about 26 hours” and warned New Yorkers to expect “major power outages” and “significant flooding” in some suburbs, particularly in the Long Island area.

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NHC, for its acronym in English), he warned that Henri – who has winds of up to 120 km / h – it will cause between 7 and 15 centimeters of precipitation throughout the region, and up to 25 in some places. On Saturday night IPre-arrival storms hit the area, causing heavy rains and flash flooding in New York City, and even forcing drivers out of their cars in Brooklyn.

The northwestern region of the United States – north of New York – also remains on alert for Henry, who could become the first hurricane in 30 years to hit the New England coast. The last was Hurricane Bob in 1991.

Reconstruction in Mexico after Hurricane Grace

With a death toll of at least seven, hurricane in Mexico Grace It is losing strength, although with some precipitation that keeps the various states of the country on alert.

Gracie had previously been downgraded to a tropical storm. “Unfortunately, we have seven dead, including minors,” Cuitláhuac García, governor of Veracruz, the state most affected by the phenomenon, told a press conference.

Although the storm no longer hits the residents of Veracruz, García warned that the red alert continues: “Heavy rains and the remaining wind will park for the next few hours, so We continue to urge people in flood-prone areas, in towns, neighborhoods, towns and communities, to seek the highest shelters”.

“Avoid crossing rivers, do not cross streets with torrents of water, avoid crossing bridges over powerful rivers, pay attention to the indications of municipal and state civil protection. Preferably, stay home if it’s a safe place, the governor wrote on his Twitter account.

Presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador urged residents living in at-risk areas to move to safe spaces. “I join the call that is launched to ask people to take refuge in high places with relatives and in shelters that are being installed,” said the president.

López Obrador assured that 7,829 state civil protection agents, soldiers and workers from the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) were ready to support areas that would be affected.

The government in Veracruz has closed the roads to the north of the state since Friday. All areas affected by Grace – where there is flooding, fallen trees and damage to homes – are also without electricity. after the CFE made preventive cuts.

The Secretariat of Civil Protection for the state of Veracruz, where the hurricane made landfall, reported on Sunday that Grace was in a “withdrawal phase” but recommended residents to stay at home or in the more than 200 shelters installed by the authorities.

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) for its part confirmed that “rapid weakening is expected as Grace moves into the mountains” of central Mexico and is likely to dissipate during Sunday. .

Grace made landfall early Saturday as a major hurricane Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale (out of a total of 5) and is recording sustained winds of 150 km / h, they added from the NHC.

It is the second time Grace made landfall in Mexico after arriving Thursday in category 1 at the seaside resort of Tulum, on the Caribbean coast, where he left minor material damage.