Rain from Hanna first began falling late Friday, then became intermittent during Saturday morning. The rain and wind became more steady in the mid to late afternoon and continued early Saturday night, causing numerous flooded roadways and scattered power outages across the state, but no major traffic problems.
The brunt of the storm passed through New Jersey during the early evening, but the National Weather Service continued tropical storm warnings for most of the state. Flood warnings and watches were also in place for nearly all areas.
Many events and festivals across the state were canceled or delayed due to concerns about the storm's strength, but others went on as planned when it became apparent that the storm's impact on New Jersey was not as severe as expected.
However, many arriving and departing airline flights were being delayed at area airports, including Newark Liberty International Airport, which had delays of nearly two hours on some flights.
As of 8 p.m. Saturday, Hanna had maximum sustained winds near 60 mph and was centered about 110 miles southwest of New York City.
The storm, blamed for disastrous flooding and more than 100 deaths in Haiti, was moving near 28 mph.
Hanna didn't linger long enough over the Southeast to cause much more than some isolated flooding and power outages. However, there were growing concerns about Hurricane Ike - a Category 4 storm with winds of nearly 115 mph that was expected to strengthen as it approached Cuba and southern Florida by Monday.
Hanna, by comparison, wasn't much trouble at all. It moved quickly up the Atlantic coast on Saturday, and forecasters said it should be in New England by Sunday morning.
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