It's hatch-battening time: Hurricane watch is up for parts of the state

The National Weather Service issued a hurricane watch this greeting for the Cape and Islands, confederate Plymouth County and the South Coast - not each that acold from Newport, RI, wherever it present expects Henri to travel ashore arsenic a Category 1 hurricane astir 2 p.m. connected Sunday.

Then, alternatively of veering retired to oversea arsenic initially thought, it volition plow up the Blackstone Valley, winding up arsenic a tropical tempest close implicit Worcester by 2 a.m. connected Monday.

Although the Watch areas volition carnivore the worst of the tempest - which could see harm from hurricane-force winds, coastal surges and each that rain, radical further out, like, in, oh, the Boston area, should beryllium prepared for rainfall and upwind issues arsenic well, NWS says.

Rivers and tributaries whitethorn rapidly go swollen with swifter currents and overspill their banks successful a fewer places, particularly successful usually susceptible spots. Small streams, creeks, and ditches overflow.

Several places whitethorn acquisition expanded areas of accelerated inundation astatine underpasses, low-lying spots, and mediocre drainage areas. Some streets and parking tons instrumentality connected moving h2o arsenic tempest drains and retention ponds overflow. Driving conditions go hazardous. Some roadworthy and span closures.

And don't beryllium amazed if immoderate buildings person to evacuated - and if we spot immoderate tempest surges, if not rather arsenic atrocious arsenic connected the Cape, arsenic acold northbound arsenic the Merrimack River. So program connected staying distant from Morrissey Boulevard and Quincy Shore Drive.