The National Hurricane Center announced on Thursday afternoon that Hermine, previously a tropical storm, attained hurricane intensity at 2:55 p.m. Eastern Thursday. The timing of the tides will determine which locations get the worst impacts from storm surge. Some of Apalachicola’s worst storm surge events include Hurricane Dennis in 2005 and Hurricane Elena in 1985, and Hermine’s surge could rival the surge produced by Category 3 Hurricane Dennis, which hit near Pensacola. People on Florida's Gulf Coast boarded up windows and nailed plywood across shop fronts on Sept.1 as they braced for Hurricane Hermine to make landfall on Thursday evening. After passing over Florida, Hermine will track along the East Coast, bringing heavy rain to Georgia and the Carolinas.

Source: Washington Post September 01, 2016 19:18 UTC