Pennsylvania State University geosciences professor Michael Mann told the Guardian, “We are already experiencing more and more flooding due to climate change in every storm”. “And it’s only the beginning”.
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By 5am Sunday, Hermine’s top sustained winds remained at 65 miles per hour as it moved east-northeast at 12 miles per hour. Its center was 335 miles east of Ocean City, Maryland.
Hermine hit Florida as a hurricane on Friday, and on Sunday drifted further east than expected and was downgraded to a “post-tropical cyclone”.
Hermine first touched down in Florida early Friday, and was briefly classified as a hurricane.
On Saturday, high winds tipped over an 18-wheeler, killing its driver and shutting down the US 64 bridge in North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Beach concerts in Atlantic City over the Labor Day weekend have been canceled, according to a statement released by the mayor.
It has caused two deaths, inflicted widespread property damage and closed beaches as far north as NY.
Storm surges combined with high tides threatened wide stretches of the coast, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory.
Malloy spoke alongside Lieutenant Governor Nancy Wyman from the State Emergency Operations Center in Hartford.
The only tropical storm warnings that remain in effect are the eastern portions of Long Island, the eastern CT coastline and the southern coastlines of Rhode Island and MA. A homeless man in Marion County, in the northern part of the state, died when a tree was ripped from the ground by high winds and fell on him.
The winds, of up to 70 miles per hour, could also cause power outages, according to the NWS.
At 11 p.m. EDT on Sunday, Hermine’s center was about 325 miles (523 km) southeast of Long Island, the eastern tip of NY, the hurricane center said.
Hermine is expected to “meander slowly offshore of the New England coast through Tuesday”, the National Hurricane Service wrote Monday morning. But he said he did not know of any buildings that were actually flooded. A surge is a rise of water above a predicted tide, pushed by high winds, and is often the greatest threat to life from a storm, according to national weather officials. “People really need to be careful if they’re going to go out”. A eastward shift in direction is sparing most of MA from any major impact, but the Cape and Islands and parts of Bristol and Plymouth Counties are still going to feel it.
Masbahul Islam, a pedicab driver who has worked in Atlantic City for six years, said the Labor Day crowd is much smaller than in years past.
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Swimming was restricted on Monday in Ocean City, Maryland, but had been prohibited over the weekend because of the unsafe surf conditions. He said everyone is prepared for the storm. But not Hermine. This sort of storm arguably wouldn’t be possible without the near-record high ocean temperatures now offshore.
