The storm, dubbed Hermine, claimed at least two lives, in Florida and North Carolina. It left North Carolina with power outages, flooding, downed trees and power lines, while rain and tides brought flooding along Virginia's coast. In Virginia Beach, Seth Broudy, 45, owner of the Seth Broudy School of Surf, said high winds and tides flooded parking lots by his home on Saturday morning. Life-threatening storm surges are possible Saturday night and Sunday morning around Hampton Roads, Virginia, the hurricane centre said. Virginia had 55,000 homes or businesses without power, Chesapeake and Virginia Beach reported downed trees and power outages across the cities and Norfolk was hit with up to 4 inches of rain, officials said.

Source: dna September 04, 2016 07:41 UTC