A tropical storm warning was in effect from New York’s Long Island to MA.
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Todd Solomon, who lives in an area of Virginia Beach that often floods, said water crept up to the foundations of some homes.
Hermine’s stiff winds and unsafe rip currents threatened eastern Massachusetts Monday, while cruise ship passengers were reeling from a wild ride in rough seas.
Royal Caribbean said in a statement Sunday the ship was continuing to sail “safely to Bermuda”.
Hermine is blamed for the deaths of at least two people, one in Florida and another in North Carolina.
Long Island authorities urged people to evacuate the summer getaway known as Fire Island to avoid any storm surge and coastal flooding.
Hermine is expected to slowly meander off the mid-Atlantic coast for the next couple of days.
With Long Island largely out of the storm’s path, predictions of wind gusts up to 75 miles per hour did not materialize. Hermine’s center was about 230 miles southeast of the eastern tip of Long Island. Tropical storm winds extend out from its center up to 230 miles.
The heat is expected to return on Wednesday, with a high near 80 for Boston.
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. In addition while the major effects of the storm is not expected until possibly late Sunday or Monday, all homeowners should be prepared by securing all loose furniture, signs, decorations, etc. and of course to have the supplies necessary in the event of any extended power outage.
The storm is expected to maintain a “slow and erratic motion” through Tuesday night before moving ever-so-slowly toward the northeast on Wednesday, the weather service said. In North Carolina, a tractor trailer overturned on a bridge over the Alligator River, killing the driver. Switzer said that the storm may have pushed everyone’s plans back, but they still came to take advantage of the last bit of the Labor Day weekend.
Because of concerns about rough seas, unsafe surf and strong storm surge, no swimming was allowed on NY beaches Sunday and Monday.
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The storm could fall below tropical storm force by Thursday as it drifts further away in the Atlantic, forecasters said. The threat of flooding is worse in the southern part of the state.
