Forecasters predict Hermine will regain hurricane strength once it hits East Coast. DEKLE BEACH, Fla. But the National Hurricane Center predicted it would regain hurricane strength late in the weekend after emerging over the Atlantic Ocean. The system could then lash coastal areas as far north as Connecticut and Rhode Island through Labor Day. The storm’s projected path prompted New Jersey Gov. A homeless man south of Gainesville died when a tree fell on him, Gov. Rick Scott said. He later took to a Blackhawk helicopter to visit the coastal communities of Cedar Key and Steinhatchee hit hard by the damage from flooding and storm surge that crumpled docks and washed out homes and businesses. Scott pledged that businesses would be eligible for help from the state. But it's unclear whether Florida will get any federal disaster assistance as the state begins to clean up from the storm. An estimated 3. 25,0. Georgia, officials said. At 2 a. m. Saturday, the hurricane center said the tropical storm's center was about 6. Cape Lookout, North Carolina. Forecasters said the storm threatens a dangerous storm surge into Hampton Roads in southeast Virginia. Hermine had top sustained winds of 6. Forecasters said the system could strengthen back into a hurricane by Monday morning off the Maryland- Delaware coast before weakening again as it moves north. Tropical storm watches and warnings were posted up and down the coastline. Amtrak says it has cancelled or altered some service on the East Coast as the storm approaches. Back in Florida, a storm surge at Dekle Beach damaged numerous homes and destroyed storage buildings and a 1. The area is about 6. St. Marks, where Hermine made landfall at 1: 3. This time, only three residents stayed behind. All escaped injury. In nearby Steinhatchee, a storm surge crashed into Bobbi Pattison's home. She wore galoshes and was covered in black muck as she stood in her living room amid overturned furniture and an acrid smell. Tiny crabs darted around her floor. Where her bar once stood was now only wet sand and rubble. Pattison and two neighbors managed to set upright a large wooden statue of a sea captain she had carved from wood that washed ashore in the 1. Resources on how the EPA protects America's waters and drinking water, and what you can do to help and ensure that the water you drink is safe and healthy. In Keaton Beach, about two dozen people waited on a road just after sunrise Friday, trying to get to their homes. Police blocked the road because of flooding. Dustin Beach, 3. 1, rushed there from a hospital in Tallahassee where his wife gave birth to a girl Thursday night to see if his home still stood. I need to know where we're going after we leave the hospital,'. We have two boats in the boat house, and I hope they're still there. The tree didn't initially crash through the roof, and Autry and his wife went to a neighbor's house. Sometime before dawn, the corner of his house collapsed from the weight of the tree. Petersburg escaped major damage. Up to 1. 7 inches of rain fell in the area over the last two days. The last hurricane to strike Florida was Wilma, a powerful Category 3 storm that arrived on Oct. It swept across the Everglades and struck heavily populated south Florida, causing five deaths in the state and an estimated $2. The Florida governor declared an emergency in 5. National Guardsmen stood ready to mobilize for the storm's aftermath. The governors of Georgia and North Carolina also declared emergencies.
Since 1953, Atlantic tropical storms had been named from lists originated by the National Hurricane Center. They are now maintained and updated through a strict.
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