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NEW YORK (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo spent his second-to-last day in office projecting an image that he is still in control, and still fully engaged as the state dealt with heavy rain from Tropical Storm Henri. The Democrat, who is set to resign at the end of the day Monday, appeared at a televised briefing Sunday surrounded by top state officials involved in the state’s storm response. Absent from the briefing was Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who is set to become governor in the first seconds of Tuesday morning. “The lieutenant governor has been briefed on all...

President Biden address(es) the nation on the situation in Afghanistan as well as the administration’s response to Hurricane Henri.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo lashed out at a reporter who asked about claims made by his attorney alleging they have discrediting information about one of his accusers during a Saturday press briefing on Hurricane Henri - just days before he is slated to leave office after announcing his resignation. The reporter asked about a claim by Cuomo's attorney Rita Glavin, who said Friday she had information related to the credibility of Charlotte Bennett, one of the women who accused the governor of sexual misconduct. Glavin would not specify what the information is, WTEN-TV reported. Cuomo, a Democrat, dismissed the...

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(CNN) Tropical Storm Henri will be a hurricane by Saturday and make a rare landfall on New York's Long Island or southern New England by Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Henri strengthened in recent hours and is almost a hurricane with winds of 70 mph, according to the 5 p.m. Friday update from the NHC. "Although steady to rapid weakening is forecast while Henri moves over cooler waters south of Long Island and New England, it will likely still be at or very near hurricane intensity when it reaches the coast," the center said Friday afternoon. The...

Henri formed in the mid-Atlantic. After initially following a loopy southward and westward track, Henri is forecast to move northward toward New England. Mash the graphics below to enlarge. All links and images are self-updating. GOES Satellite Floater NHC Public Advisories NHC Forecast Discussions Buoy Info Tropical Tidbits by Levi Cowan NWS Radar

MANATEE - Local officials are preparing for the worst as a tropical system threatens to dump up to 12 inches of water on Manatee County.Tropical storm warnings and flood watches were issued for several counties, including Manatee and Sarasota, through Saturday afternoon. The Myakka River at Myakka State Park had already begun overflowing its banks Thursday afternoon, the service warned. The storm could dump more rain than anticipated because it is moving so slowly, said Frank Alsheimer, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service. By Thursday evening, the National Weather Service was predicting about 10 inches of rain, with 1...

BULLETIN TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 4A NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL 1 PM CDT THU SEP 04 2003 ...DEPRESSION BECOMING BETTER ORGANIZED... A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA FROM ENGLEWOOD NORTHWARD TO INDIAN PASS. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. AT 1 PM CDT...1800Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL DEPRESSION TWELVE WAS RE-LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 27.8 NORTH... LONGITUDE 86.3 WEST OR ABOUT 150 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF APALACHICOLA FLORIDA. THE DEPRESSION IS MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. A MOTION...