- Hurricane Hermine (her-Mean) was the
first hurricane to make landfall in Florida since Hurricane Wilma
in 2005, and the first to develop in the Gulf of Mexico since
Hurricane Ingrid in 2013. The ninth tropical depression, eighth
named storm, and fourth hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane
season, Hermine developed from a long-tracked tropical wave that
had produced torrential rainfall in parts of the Caribbean. After
being designated on August 29, Hermine shifted northeastwards
due to a trough over Georgia and steadily intensified into an
80 mph hurricane just before making landfall in the Florida Panhandle
during September 2. Fast Weakening ensued as the storm weakened
into an Post-tropical cyclone before leaving the coast near the
Outer Banks. The remnants of Hermine continued to bring heavy
rain and rip-currents to the East Coast of the United States,
before the NHC discontinued advisories on the system, while it
was situated east of the Delmarva Peninsula.
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- I teamed up with The Weather Network
to document the effects of the storm along the eastern seaboard
as it stalled an meandered offshore. We spent a few days along
the New Jersey shore and then Rockaway Beach, New York, on southern
Long Island.
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