In Suffolk and across the five boroughs, wind gusts up to 40 to 45 miles per hour are expected, and residents are advised to protect and stabilize objects prone to windy conditions such as construction materials, patio furniture and trash cans, the weather service stated.
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Since sea levels have risen up to a foot because of global warming, the storm surges pushed by Hermine could be even more damaging, climate scientists say.
The most notable impacts the next few days will be coastal flooding and high surf in the Northeast.
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.
Hermine was expected to stall over the water before weakening again. Hermine will still be close enough to the coastline today for the New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and DE coastlines to see strong winds, storm surge, high waves, rip-tides, and coastal flooding, especially around high tides.
Although Hermine is now referred to as a post-tropical storm, a tropical storm warning remains in effect in Suffolk County. A tropical storm warning was in effect from New York’s Long Island to MA.
The storm’s far distance from New Jersey has prompted the National Hurricane Center to lift the tropical storm warnings that had been in place for the entire Jersey Shore, Delaware Bay and Raritan Bay.
Hermine spun away from the East Coast on Sunday, removing the threat of heavy rain but maintaining enough power to whip up d.
With sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, Hermine is expected to remain near hurricane strength through Monday night, but will gradually weaken by Tuesday morning, the hurricane center said. “Oh my God. My hands were white knuckles, and the water was so high”.
High surf, unsafe rip currents at area beaches with waves building to 4-7 feet.
One person died Saturday when a tractor-trailer overturned while crossing a bridge in eastern North Carolina amid high winds from Hermine, a spokesman for the state’s Department of Public Safety, Michael Baker, said. Long Beach Island is still in a beach replenishment program.
The meteorologist says the Category 1 hurricane has been downgraded to a post-tropical storm and is projected to continue to lose steam as it hits Canadian waters mid to late next week.
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Florida is still recovering from the damage Hermine left behind last week.
