The tropical storm "Grace" killed at least eight people in eastern Mexico.

A woman and five children were killed in a landslide in the village of Banderilla, said the governor of the state of Veracruz, Cuitláhuac García Jiménez, on Saturday.

A man was killed in Poza Rica and another child was killed in the collapse of a house in Xalapa.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador expressed his condolences to the relatives.

"You are not alone," he wrote on Twitter.

"Grace" hit the Mexican Gulf Coast as a hurricane and then quickly lost its power overland.

However, it caused heavy rain.

Civil defense reported landslides and floods in several states.

"We urge the population not to feel like they are in a false sense of security," said Governor García.

"Even when the storm is over, the emergency is not over yet."

Half a million people without electricity

Trees were uprooted and streets flooded in nearly two dozen localities in Veracruz state.

The strong wind also overturned numerous electricity pylons.

The utility company CFE announced that over half a million people were temporarily cut off from the power supply.

Several flights to Veracruz, Tampico, Reynosa, Culiacan and Huatulco were canceled because of the storm.

In Mexico City, the authorities raised the alert.

Floods occurred in several parts of the city.

The city administration called on the population of the metropolis to be careful.

“Grace” hit Mexico twice: As a tropical storm, it first passed over the Yucatán Peninsula, which is popular with holidaymakers on Thursday.

There he caused property damage and extensive power outages, but people were not harmed.

The tropical cyclone then picked up speed again over the Gulf of Mexico and hit the east coast of the Latin American country as a hurricane.

Hurricane warning for US east coast

Meanwhile, the US east coast is preparing for Hurricane "Henri".

According to forecasts by the US Hurican Warning Center NHC, the cyclone is expected to hit land on Sunday afternoon with winds of up to 120 kilometers per hour in Long Island, New York.

The meteorologists predict floods, heavy rain and flash floods.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo declared a state of emergency and announced the dispatch of 500 members of the National Guard.

The cyclone was "as serious as a heart attack," warned Cuomo.

He called on New Yorkers to prepare for power outages and floods in the suburbs.

The storm will ravage the region for about 26 hours.

In the New England states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, authorities called on residents to prepare for the cyclone.

In Massachusetts, parks and beaches are said to be closed until Monday.

According to forecasts, the electricity could fail for up to 300,000 people there.

"Henri" would be the first hurricane in the New England states in 30 years.

In 1991, Hurricane “Bob” killed 17 people there.

The last hurricane warning for New York was issued in August 2011 by cyclone "Irene".

A year later, tropical storm “Sandy” caused great damage, 44 people were killed and the power went out in large parts of Manhattan.

Central Park concert canceled

Thunderstorms and heavy rain caused a major concert in New York's Central Park to be canceled on Saturday.

By then, after around two and a half of five hours planned, Carlos Santana, Andrea Bocelli and LL Cool J had already performed.

Other artists like Reggeaton star Maluma, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen hadn't played yet.

At the event with 60,000 announced visitors, the city wanted to celebrate the fighting spirit of its citizens during the corona pandemic and the end of many restrictions.

Broadcaster CNN reported that concert promoter Clive Davis was in the background talking to Mayor Bill de Blasio about a sequel without an audience later that evening.

Around an hour and a half after the demolition, however, it had rained heavily near the park with lots of lightning.

Singer Barry Manilow, who was just about to be canceled and sang his hits "Copacabana" and "Mandy", was then connected to CNN by phone and sang two of his hits for presenter Anderson Cooper.

His next planned song was "I Made It Through The Rain", explained Manilow.

Around 80 percent of the tickets for the concert, which was broadcast worldwide on CNN, were free.

Visitors had to prove at least their first vaccination against the virus at the entrance.

Nevertheless, there was criticism that in view of the increasing number of cases because of the delta variant, the concert would come too early.

In New York, most of the restrictions due to the pandemic have been lifted, but since the beginning of the week a vaccination certificate has been mandatory for most interiors of restaurants, bars, theaters, cinemas and other leisure facilities. The east coast metropolis of New York was the epicenter of the corona pandemic in the USA last spring. The infection process is now under control.