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Storm set to spoil US holiday in northeast

Source: Agencies | September 5, 2016, Monday | Print Edition

STORM Hermine spun away from the United States Middle Atlantic Coast yesterday, removing the threat of heavy rain, but maintaining enough power to keep beaches at risk for dangerous waves and currents, spoiling the Labor Day holiday weekend for swimmers and surfers.

The storm, which claimed at least two lives in Florida and North Carolina, is expected to stall off the coast of New Jersey and other major population centers in the Northeast for several days, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Authorities up and down the coast have ordered swimmers and surfers to stay out of treacherous waters on the holiday weekend when many Americans celebrate the end of summer.

Projections show the outer reaches of the storm could sweep the coastlines of Rhode Island or Massachusetts later this week as Hermine crawls north and northeast.

It was classified as a Category 1 hurricane until it lost strength while cutting across Florida and Georgia, packing sustained winds of up to 105 kilometers per hour. Forecasters expected winds to return to hurricane force of more than 120kph by evening.

“It’s going to sit offshore and it is going to be a tremendous coastal event with a dangerous storm surge and lots of larger waves probably causing significant beach erosion, for the next few days,” said senior hurricane specialist Daniel Brown.

The surge was expected to extend from Virginia to New Jersey.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared a state of emergency in three coastal counties of the state, which was devastated by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.

Delaware Governor Jack Markell declared a limited state of emergency for Sussex County. Hermine, the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida in 11 years, swept ashore on Friday.

It left North Carolina with power outages, flooding, downed trees and power lines, while rain and tides brought flooding along Virginia’s coast. In the northern Florida town of Ocala, a falling tree killed a homeless man sleeping in his tent. In North Carolina, a tractor trailer overturned on a bridge over the Alligator River, killing the driver.

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