Trees came down and 4,400 lost power in Warren during Tropical Storm Henri.
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Warren dodged major damages from Tropical Storm Henri on Sunday, as the storm once classified as a Category 1 hurricane petered out over the course of a few hours once it made landfall in Rhode Island.
“We were pretty lucky with this storm,” said Jan Malik, Warren’s Director of Public Works, when asked about a summary of damages on Monday afternoon.
There were a total of six fallen tree incidents, with the first coming around 10:00 a.m. and the last being reported around 3:00 p.m. The most striking and visible incident occurred when a portion of a large tree on Miller Street near downtown came down and nearly missed a parked car below it, getting tangled up in wires on its way down. National Grid had to assist with the removal, and DPW workers took care of the rest of the cleanup.
Another tree came down on Sachem Street that struck a pickup truck belonging to a resident. Nobody was inside of the truck at the time and nobody was injured.
Another individual shared a video of their sister’s back yard on the Times-Gazette’s Facebook page showing a very large tree that had split in half at the base and fallen in two separate directions, appearing to have caused damage to their house and a wooden walkway.
Harbormaster Ed Cabral reported on Monday that no boats had come off their moorings at the Town Wharf and that he didn’t identify any damage to any of the local marinas. He mentioned that a total of 25 to 30 boats had anchored on the Kickemuit River to ride out the storm.
“The Town Manager held a storm preparation meeting also this morning with department heads to get the town as ready as possible for the storm,” Mr. Cabral said in advance of the storm on Friday.
South County received the brunt of the storm’s fury, with high winds and power outages common across Narragansett and Westerly. According to National Grid spokesman Ted Kresse, a total of 4,400 Warren residences experienced a power outage, with 2,200 of those occurring at the same time at the peak of the storm. Power was restored to all customers by Monday afternoon.