Tropical Storm Warnings were in effect as far north as CT, with risky storm surge expected along the coast from Virginia to New Jersey.
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Hermine is forecast to return to the Category 1 hurricane strength it lost as it pummelled Florida. Video courtesy Daniel Martinko.
The coastal flooding has remained minor and the highest high tide will be Monday morning. “It was terrible”, she said. But the water did not seep into any homes that she’s aware of.
The couple, both in their 60s, said they knew the storm would blow over, even as friends texted their concerns. “But whenever severe weather is predicted, there is always an elevated sense of anxiety”.
The surf at the shores will also be very rough, with unsafe rip currents expected through the early part of this week.
The good news is rainfall in New Jersey and DE is expected to be only between 1 and 3 inches.
In New Jersey, tropical storm force winds could whip up on Monday’s Labor Day holiday.
The wind is expected to pick up on Sunday and increase throughout the day, and there’s a chance of coastal flooding in some areas as well.
Labor Day visitors to beaches along the Jersey Shore could expect mostly cloudy skies and gusty winds, but dry conditions, Gaines said. “It was just the most very bad thing you think would happen”.
At 5 a.m. EDT, the center of the fourth named storm of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season was near the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina, with top winds near 60 miles per hour (95 kilometers per hour), the hurricane center said.
“At a minimum, we’re going to have some beach erosion, rip currents and risky waves all the way from the south facing shores of New England, Cape Cod, Nantucket. down to the Hampton Roads area”, Knabb said.
Tropical Storm Hermine on Saturday moved towards US mid-Atlantic and northeastern states after slamming US state of Florida, putting millions of people along the US East Coast under tropical storm.
Long Island authorities urged people to evacuate the popular summer getaway of Fire Island to avoid any storm surge and coastal flooding.
Hermine was the first hurricane to strike Florida in more than a decade, and two deaths – one in Florida and one in North Carolina – have been blamed on the storm. Homes raised on stilts were standing high above the water. Meanwhile, in Virginia, strong winds ripped the siding off a building in Virginia Beach Saturday.
The mass power outages and flooding that battered Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas had yet to materialize further north, where alarming news reports scared tourists away from the beach.
The Anclote River northwest of Tampa was forecast to go well into major flood stage Sunday afternoon.
At 11 a.m. Sunday, Hermine’s top sustained winds strengthened to 70 miles per hour (110 kph) as it moved east-northeast at 10 miles per hour (17 kph).
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While Hermine continues to churn in the Atlantic Ocean, it looks like she will stay far enough out at sea to spare much of Burlington County from the brunt of the storm.
