As the storm moved northward, only cars, pickups, minivans and sport-utility vehicles without exterior cargo were allowed to cross the 17.6-mile span linking the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula to mainland Virginia.
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WTKR reported that Tropical Storm Hermine caused a single letter to fall from the Ynot Italian restaurant, causing it to now read “NOT ITALIAN”. Meanwhile, in Virginia, strong winds ripped the siding off a building in Virginia Beach Saturday. Meteorologist Jeff Smith says the track of the storm system pulled it a little farther east overnight, making the threat of coastal flooding more moderate than previously expected, though beach closures will still be necessary due to hazardous rip currents and wave action.
Ocean City remains under a tropical storm warning Saturday and is expected to see significant coastal flooding while the Baltimore region will remain dry this weekend. Here’s the latest take from the National Hurricane Center.
The wind is expected to pick up on Sunday and increase throughout the day, and there’s a chance of coastal flooding in some areas as well. Post-tropical-cyclone The hurricane center says post-tropical cyclones can continue carrying heavy rains and high winds.
At least two people have died from the storm. It may regain hurricane strength southeast of Cape May, New Jersey as it feeds off the warm Gulf Stream waters.
Tyrrell County Sheriff Darryl Liverman told the Virginian-Pilot that high winds tipped over an 18-wheeler, killing its driver and shutting down the USA 64 bridge.
Tropical Storm Warnings remain in effect for far southern and eastern New Jersey and DE this weekend.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie declared a state of emergency Saturday for Ocean, Atlantic and Cape May counties.
The mass power outages and flooding that battered Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas had yet to materialize further north, where alarming news reports scared tourists away from the beach.
On Friday, before hitting the Atlantic, Hermine rolled out of the Gulf of Mexico and across northern Florida as the first hurricane to hit the state in over a decade.
The National Hurricane Center said Saturday Hermine has strengthened to a post-tropical cyclone.
At another auto, Shelby Katz of Old Greenwich, Conn., said “we tracked it this morning” and the storm didn’t look as threatening to the area as it appeared to the day before.
At Wrightsville Beach, N.C., where red flag warnings were in effect because of unsafe wind-fueled rip currents, lifeguards rescued about a dozen people by late Saturday afternoon, rescue Capt. Jeremy Owens told NBC station WECT of Wilmington.
Michael Mann at Pennsylvania State University noted that this century’s 0.3-metre sea-level rise in New York City meant 65 more square kilometres flooded during Superstorm Sandy, causing billions more in damage.
One person died in Florida as the hurricane approached, and another died in North Carolina Saturday amid high winds.
Life-threatening storm surges were possible, the hurricane center said.
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Powerful winds extended more than 200 miles (320km) from Hermine’s Centre, the NHC said. Associated Press contributors include Seth Borenstein in Washington, Jeffrey Collins in Columbia, S.C., Tamara Lush in Tampa, Fla., Bruce Shipkowski in Seaside Heights, N.J., and Jeff Martin in Atlanta.
