Hermine’s position Monday southeast of Nantucket created 20-foot waves and wind gusts of up to 50 kph about 55 miles southeast of the island, Buttrick said.
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The National Weather Service has New Jersey in for minor coastal flooding.
Post-Tropical Storm Hermine was still hanging around off the East Coast on Monday morning and was expected to bring tropical storm conditions to parts of New England for the next few days.
It’s expected to stall over the water before weakening again. According to the National Weather Service, the Springfield area will hit a high of 77, while Worcester and Boston will see a high around 70. Chloe Riffle, 7, watches as she is surrounded by water on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016 in the Ocean View section of Norfolk, Va. Storm system Hermine spun away from the U.S. East Coast on Sunday, removing the. Winds could also increase this afternoon to 15 to 25 miles per hour with gusts to 35 along the coast.
Those who stayed awoke to sunshine, but stronger-than-usual winds and choppy seas.
Hermine’s stiff winds and risky rip currents threatened eastern Massachusetts Monday, while cruise ship passengers were reeling from a wild ride in rough seas.
The Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security will continue to monitor the latest forecasts and will send out another update Tuesday morning at 9:00 AM or sooner if the track of Hermine changes.
Labor Day visitors to beaches along the Jersey Shore could expect mostly cloudy skies and gusty winds, but dry conditions, Gaines said. Elsewhere in the state coastal roads were reported flooded, and beaches engulfed by the sea. A tropical storm warning was in effect from New York’s Long Island to MA.
A Tropical Storm Warning is still in effect for the parts of the coast of Long Island and CT and on Block Island, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.
Mercer said the storm will approach Nova Scotia on Wednesday into Thursday.
Meanwhile, in Florida where Hermine first made landfall early Friday as a Category 1 hurricane, at least 34,361 customers remained without power as of 8 a.m. Monday, according to the Florida Division of Emergency Management.
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Hermine has been linked to at least two deaths – a man sleeping in a tent in Ocala who died after a tree fell on him and the death of a truck driver whose vehicle overturned due to high winds in eastern North Carolina.
