A tropical storm warning for New York City was canceled early Monday, but warnings remained in effect along the eastern coast of Long Island, as well as for Connecticut, Rhode Island and MA, including Cape Cod and the islands. It is now about 300 miles southeast of Montauk.The storm is expected to take a gradual northwest turn beginning Monday afternoon, before a northeast turn that will move it farther off the coast of Long Island Tuesday night.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) – Hermine is expected to begin weakening as it churns hundreds of miles offshore in the Atlantic Ocean, but forecasters warn it could continue to impact areas from NY to southern New England with pounding waves, coastal flooding and beach erosion before it moves out to sea.
Wednesday into Thursday, the dry air sticks around, but into Friday, the moisture is expected to return, with morning lows and daytime highs back above average by a few degrees.
Hermine was forecast to bring up to 2 inches (5 cm) of rain to southern New England on Monday, after having hit land in Florida on Friday, and churning up the southeastern seaboard. Flooding forced more than a dozen people from their homes in the state, and some were rescued from rising waters by emergency workers.
“The wind is going to pick up as the day goes on, especially as the storm grows closer”, Cameron said.
A third death associated with Tropical Storm Hermine has been reported as the storm moves along the East Coast. It was expected to stall over the water before weakening again to a tropical storm by Tuesday.
New York City said all public beaches would be closed through Tuesday because of “life threatening” rip currents generated by Hermine.
Hermine was still a large storm, with its tropical storm force winds extending up to 230 miles from its center on Monday morning.
The storm has claimed at least three lives, in Florida and in North and SC.
Winds are expected to pick up around noon Monday, with sustained winds over 20 miles per hour likely through Tuesday afternoon.
Since sea levels have risen up to a foot due to global warming, the storm surges pushed by Hermine could be even more damaging, climate scientists say.
Due to “a more northerly wind”, coastal flooding is expected to be less intense.
Michael Mann at Pennsylvania State University noted that this century’s 1-foot sea-level rise in New York City meant 25 more square miles flooded during Superstorm Sandy, causing billions in additional damage.
Tyrrell County Sheriff Darryl Liverman told the Virginian-Pilot that high winds tipped over an 18-wheeler, killing its driver and shutting down the US 64 bridge.
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In Florida, a homeless man in Marion County was hit by a falling tree and was killed.
