Hurricane Hermine

Hermine (her-MEEN) quickly weakened to a tropical storm as it spun through Georgia and the Carolinas. But the National Hurricane Center predicted it would regain hurricane strength after emerging over the Atlantic Ocean. The system could then lash coastal areas as far north as Connecticut and Rhode Island through Labor Day.

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Fri., Sept. 2, 2016

Winds and rain from Hurricane Hermine approach Highway 80 that leads to Tybee Island, Ga., Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall, as it moves over Georgia, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says winds are increasing along the Southeast coast and flooding rains continue.

Stephen B. Morton Associated Press
A surfer walks the beach while looking for waves from the surge of Hurricane Hermine, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, off the coast of Tybee Island, Ga. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall, as it moves over Georgia, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says winds are increasing along the Southeast coast and flooding rains continue.

Stephen B. Morton Associated Press
Connor Sidman and his mother Peggy Sidman get hit by a wave, as they take in the sights from the railing of Memorial Park in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall, as it moves over Georgia, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says winds are increasing along the Southeast coast and flooding rains continue.

Bob Self Associated Press
Melvin Gatlin Jr. walks to the back door of his father's house in Valdosta, Ga., beneath a pine tree that crashed onto the roof, Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. Tropical Storm Hermine churned through south Georgia after making landfall in Florida.

Russ Bynum Ap
A street is blocked from debris washed up from the tidal surge of Hurricane Hermine Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall.

John Raoux Associated Press
Certified nurse assistant Jennifer Smith rides out Hurricane Hermine inside the Hosford County Search and Rescue station doubling as a shelter for local residents as the storm makes land fall on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Hosford, Fla. Hurricane Hermine roared ever closer to Florida's Gulf Coast early Friday, sending battering waves against docks and boathouses as the state braced for its first direct hit from a hurricane in over a decade.

Curtis Compton Associated Press