While Tropical Storm Henri downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm and its course changed late on Saturday night, the Danbury area is expected to see plenty of impact from the storm.

Although the change in course is improved news for the area, forecasters still expect plenty of rain and damaging winds to hit the greater Danbury area. A tropical storm warning was in effect Sunday.

During the storm’s height, the National Weather Service predicted steady winds of 10 to 15 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph in Danbury. According to the NWS, the wind will be powerful enough to bring down huge tree branches and shatter or uproot trees.

With the strong winds come concerns about power outages.

According to Emergency Services Director Matthew Cassavechia, roughly 800 Eversource customers in the Casper Street neighbourhood were without power as of 10 a.m. The source of the outage is presently unknown, however initial reports claimed that fell tree branches were to blame. According to Cassavechia, Eversource is on the site and expects to restore power by 4 p.m.

The city leads the area in outages.

Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Henri hit the coast of Rhode Island Sunday afternoon, packing high winds that knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and bands of rain that led to flash flooding from New Jersey to Massachusetts.  

Millions on New York’s Long Island and in southern New England braced for the possibility of flooding, toppled trees and extended power outages. Residents up and down the coast hoped to be spared the storm’s wrath but prepared for the worst, according to the Associated Press inputs.

Driving surf and sheets of rain scoured the beach towns of southern Rhode Island as the storm approached, leaving some coastal roads nearly impassable. Some small trees had already fallen to the winds and rain, which had swollen local inlets and creeks.