Hermine may not have rained on the city’s Labor Day Parade as predicted, but the storm is still bringing high winds and risky rip tides to the city, officials said.
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Hermine’s path is seen here. The further north and west you get from the Shore, you’ll find mostly sunny skies and lighter winds.
The winds from Post Tropical Storm Hermine are expected to get stronger as the day goes on, Meteorologist Mike Cameron said on Monday.
Forecasters warned swimmers and boaters to avoid the risk of deadly surf churned up by the storm and stay out of treacherous waters during the Labor Day holiday weekend, when many Americans celebrate the end of summer.
A tropical storm warning remained in effect Sunday night from the DE and New Jersey shores north to New York’s Long Island and beyond to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket Island off MA, but was canceled for New York City, which Berg said appeared largely out of harm’s way.
On Monday evening, Chief Meteorologist Bruce DePrest said part of New London saw a 54 miles per hour gust of wind, and the surrounding areas were seeing some gusty winds as well. “The water is still very risky and there are active rip tides”.
The biggest danger remains out on the seas, where a high surf and strong rip currents will endure into Wednesday.
Hermine rose over the Gulf of Mexico and hit Florida on Friday as a Category 1 hurricane before weakening to a tropical storm as it moved across Georgia.
The storm has caused two deaths, inflicted widespread property damage and knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people from Florida to Virginia.
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.
“The wind is going to pick up as the day goes on, especially as the storm grows closer”, Cameron said. “And it’s only the beginning”.
High winds tipped over an 18-wheeler on Saturday, killing its driver and shutting down the US 64 bridge in North Carolina’s Outer Banks. And a man trying to remove a tree that fell on a highway near Cottageville, South Carolina, on Friday was struck by a vehicle and died on Saturday. In Florida, a homeless man in Marion County was hit by a falling tree and was killed.
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This story has been corrected to show NY has experienced a 1-foot rise in the past century, not in this century.
