From there, it quickly lost much of its tropical characteristics, and was considered a post-tropical storm, and rightly so, by the National Hurricane Center.
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Post-Tropical Cyclone Hermine is still under close watch as it makes its way up the Atlantic coast.Effects from the storm are expected to be felt no sooner than mid-week next week as it has stalled off of the Eastern coast of the United States. Beach erosion was seen along the coast.
Most beaches are officially closed following Labor Day, but Belmar kept on a skeleton crew of lifeguards as a precaution in case any beachgoers were courageous enough to swim in the choppy waters. Pasco County residents were ordered to evacuate the residential area because of rapidly rising water in the Anclote River. Hermine spun away from the East Coast on Sunday, removing the threat of heavy rain but maintaining enough power to whip up.
People sit at the beach in Ocean City, N.J., on Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016.
Hermine is still hanging on, even though the storm’s force is slowly weakening as it churns along the northeastern shore.
Governors all along the coast announced emergency preparations.
It will be mostly cloudy with a high near 84 degrees Wednesday, but there’s also a 30 percent chance of showers, the service said. “That’s the most important thing we can do now and after this storm hits”.
The winds and rain were so strong Saturday in North Carolina that all bridges to the Outer Banks were closed for several hours following a deadly accident over the intracoastal waterway.
(Vicki Cronis-Nohe /The Virginian-Pilot via AP). Similar to the preparation for Hurricane Joaquin past year, utilities are mobilizing extra linemen across several states as Hermine sits offshore the Atlantic Coast.
The Fairfield County shoreline does have a coastal flood advisory for high tides that are forecast to be about two feet above normal.
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On Sunday afternoon, he said a few homes still lacked power. In many areas, felled trees were being removed to clear the neighborhoods and roads.
