(CNN)Utility crews are working to restore power to more than 56,000 customers throughout the Northeast after Tropical Storm Henri tore through the region Sunday, causing more than 100,000 customers to lose power at its peak.
Henri brought storm surge that flooded streets and powerful winds that tore down trees and power lines, complicating restoration efforts.
As of early Monday morning, more than 44,000 customers were without power in Rhode Island while Connecticut had nearly 10,000 customers in the dark, according to Poweroutage.us.
The storm was downgraded to a tropical depression after making landfall as a tropical storm along the coast of Rhode Island, near Westerly, Sunday morning.
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Waves pound a seawall in Montauk, New York, on Sunday, August 22.
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Members of the New Market Volunteer Fire Company perform a secondary search during an evacuation effort following a flash flood in Helmetta, New Jersey, during Tropical Storm Henri on August 22.
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Andrea Fuchs, her daughter Sozey and her husband Saun are taken to her parents' home in Monroe, New Jersey, by the city's department of public works.
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Overnight heavy rains left John Street, right, and Railroad Avenue in Helmetta, New Jersey, flooded.
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Ryan Bachus, who drove 17 hours from Tennessee with his colleagues from Wolf Tree to offer assistance, cuts down a tree that fell on Burns Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, because of high winds.
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A bicyclist rides through a flooded street as Tropical Storm Henri approaches South Kingstown, Rhode Island, on August 22.
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A man walks outside a convenience store in Montauk, on Long Island, New York, on August 22.
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A submerged Cadillac sedan is seen on a residential street following a flash flood brought on by Tropical Storm Henri in Helmetta, New Jersey.
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Docked boats are seen as Tropical Storm Henri prepares to make landfall on August 22 in New London, Connecticut.
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Sgt. Jim Cavanagh and officer Danielle McManus of the Southampton Town Police Department close a flooded road on Long Island, New York, on August 22.
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Matt Prue takes photos of waves in Westerly, Rhode Island, on August 22.
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Boats remain docked in Montauk, New York, on August 22.
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A truck drives through a flooded street in Westerly, Rhode Island, on August 22.
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Members of the audience leave the "We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert" on August 21 in search of shelter from severe weather ahead of Tropical Storm Henri's anticipated landfall.
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Charlie Atkinson, right, Al Banks, center, and "Slim" work on covering the windows at Salty's Clam Shack in preparation for Tropical Storm Henri in Westerly, Rhode Island, on August 21.
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People line up to fuel their cars at a gas station on August 21 in Westhampton, New York.
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American Red Cross nurse Donna Hathaway works on a welcome poster on the door of the hurricane shelter at East Lyme Middle School in New London, Connecticut, on August 21.
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Sailboats are hauled onto trailers at the Gary Brown Boat Ramp on August 20 in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
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Rhode Island Governor Dan McKee said during a news conference Sunday afternoon that National Grid utility workers quickly began restoration services after the storm hit. The pressure is on to restore power to the region within the next day as temperatures in the 90s are forecast for Tuesday, McKee said.
"Now, as the storm begins to pass out of the state the important work must start for recovery," McKee said. "We know that that's an issue and that's why getting power restored is critical," he explained.
A state damage assessment team has been deployed to survey the extent of the storm's destruction. That team and a team from FEMA will tour the area as part of the verification process for the damage assessment plan, according to McKee.
More than 49 million remain under flood watch
Although Henri has weakened to a tropical depression, with damaging winds and storm surge subsiding, the threat of flooding in the Northeast remains.
More than 49 million people remain under a flash flood or flood watch or warning, including coastal flood watches from New Jersey through New Hampshire, according to CNN Meteorologist Michael Guy.
Previous rainfall in the region had already saturated the ground and that, coupled with new heavy rain from Henri, could result in inland flooding on rivers and lakes, along with coastal flooding through portions of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
Up to 12 inches of rain is possible throughout northern New Jersey and southern New York, which could cause flash urban and small stream flooding, Guy said.
The center of the storm will track toward the Connecticut-New York border Sunday night before turning to the east and eventually out to sea beginning Monday afternoon, CNN Weather's Jackson Dill said.
Connecticut governor warns residents to remain vigilant
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont urged residents Sunday to remain vigilant as flooding issues are a possibility Monday. He said he's thankful that his state didn't see the worst of the storm's effects.
Instead, Connecticut is sending resources to Rhode Island to help it recuperate, Lamont said.
Eversouce, a utility that serves Connecticut, said in a press release Sunday that 27,000 of its customers in the state were still without power, but service had been restored to more than 32,000 customers.
"While the shift in Henri's track spared Connecticut from the devastation it could have caused, the storm delivered the expected heavy rains, further saturating grounds that were already soaked from the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred and other storms," Eversource President of Regional Electric Operations Craig Hallstrom said in the release. "In addition to the thousands of line and tree crews we have working, we have an army of people behind the scenes supporting a safe restoration."
He added that crews are working to make sure the power is restored before the arrival of high temperatures forecast for later this week.
"We realize how difficult it is to be without power, especially on hot and humid days like we're expecting this coming week and we're committed to staying on the job until every customer has their power restored," Hallstrom said.
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