NEW YORK - Tropical Storm Henri socked the Northeast with heavy wind and rain as it made landfall Sunday on the coast of Rhode Island, knocking out power to over 100,000 homes and causing deluges that closed bridges, swamped roads and left many people stranded in their vehicles. "Henri weakens a little more while moving west-northwestward across central Connecticut," the National Hurricane Center said in a public advisory Sunday afternoon. "Heavy rainfall and flooding expected across portions of southern New England and the northern mid-Atlantic states through Monday."The storm was downgraded from a hurricane before reaching New England, leaving many to breathe a sigh of relief in a region that has not taken a direct hit from a hurricane in.