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A 31-year-old swimmer drowned in the ocean off Montauk when he went into the water with three other people, including his 26-year-old fiancee, East Hampton police said Wednesday. Officers responding to Ditch Plains Beach around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday found the victim, identified as Benjamin Kitburi, unconscious on the shore. He had gone into the surf minutes earlier with his fiancee…

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One of the hardest-hit areas was Helmetta, New Jersey, where bands of rain overwhelmed creeks and sewers almost all day Sunday. Flash flooding swamped block after block, with emergency crews evacuated more than 150 people from their homes as rainwater rose around them — reaching just below mailboxes.

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The tropical depression Henri appears to be lingering in the Northeast, raising the prospect it will bring sustained rains and cause major flooding inland.

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Henri has weakened to a tropical depression but the slow moving storm isn’t finished bringing heavy rain to the tri-state area.

Isolated maximum rainfall totals of 12 inches are possible. That’d be the equivalent of being buried under up to 10 feet of snow.

Henri may have moved eastward enough to avoid making landfall on Long Island, but the tri-state area is still dealing with plenty of repercussions from the storm, the biggest one being flooding that has made roads impassable and left people stranded in their cars. NBC New York has team coverage.

Tropical Storm Henri kept on course early Sunday to crash into a long stretch of northeastern coastline, as millions on Long Island, Connecticut and New Jersey braced for flooding, toppled trees and extended power outages. Here’s a look across the tri-state.

Hurricane Henri kept on course early Sunday to crash into a long stretch of northeastern coastline, with the center of the storm projected to pass just off the eastern tip of Long Island by midday. NBC New York’s team coverage.

Hurricane Henri’s track drifted slightly east late Saturday but was still expected to make landfall part of Long Island and Connecticut.

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Hurricane, tropical storm and storm surge warnings are in effect for NYC, Long Island, northeastern New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island and southeastern Massachusetts.

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Henri was upgraded to a hurricane with the National Hurricane Center’s advisory Saturday.

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The storm, which will likely grow into a hurricane early Saturday, could have its sights set on Long Island for landfall, as projections show it pushing further west, which means NYC is now in the storm’s cone of concern and parts of NJ could see dangerous conditions as well. NBC New York has team coverage.

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