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Storm Rebuilds Toward Hurricane Strength on US East Coast

by VOA News

   The remnants of Hurricane Hermine were regaining strength Saturday off
   the Atlantic coast of the United States, triggering renewed safety
   warnings along large swaths of coastal lands as it stalked vulnerable
   Mid-Atlantic resort areas.

   At 2 p.m. local time, the National Hurricane Center placed the storm
   center about 93 miles (150 kilometers) east of the Outer Banks of North
   Carolina. A bulletin warned that it most likely would gain strength
   over the next 36 hours, returning to hurricane strength by Monday as it
   tracked slowly to the northeast toward coastal Delaware and beyond.

   Eli White covers his face from the blowing sand in Nags Head, N.C., as
   the tail of Tropical Storm Hermine passes the Outer Banks, Sept. 3,
   2016.

   Storm surge warnings were issued for coastal New Jersey, with surge
   watches reaching New York City and coastal Connecticut.

   The slow-moving tropical storm was expected to wreak havoc on resort
   areas of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and beyond, closing beaches as
   Americans celebrate Labor Day, the last of three annual major U.S.
   holidays of the summer season.

   Hermine rose up over the Gulf of Mexico and pounded the Gulf Coast of
   Florida on Friday as a Category 1 hurricane, then weakened over land as
   it roared northeastward across Georgia and into the Atlantic.

   Some 300,000 Florida homes remained without power Saturday as residents
   surveyed damage from the first hurricane to strike the state in more
   than a decade. Authorities in the city of Tallahassee said it could
   take almost a week for power to be fully restored.