Incidents of major coastal flooding will increase at the mid-Atlantic beaches this holiday weekend.
Despite tracking offshore, Hermine will remain close enough to the mid-Atlantic into and beyond Labor Day to blast coastal areas with an inundating surf, strong winds and rain.
Dry weather will span most of the nation on Labor Day, but plans threaten to be ruined across parts of the mid-Atlantic, Northeast and central U.S.
Additional tropical storms and hurricanes will follow Hermine, just not right away.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake rattled the central U.S., on Saturday morning, striking northwestern Oklahoma.
Namtheun remains a dangerous typhoon as it slams Japan's northern Ryukyu Islands and Kyushu with destructive winds and flooding rain.
Hermine is leaving a trail of damage in its wake. It will crawl along the mid-Atlantic coast into and beyond Labor Day, threatening severe coastal flooding.
Potent tropical systems kept Hawaii and parts of the Gulf Coast and eastern United States on high alert this week.
Rounds of severe thunderstorms will target the northern Plains through the balance of the extended holiday weekend, reaching South Dakota to the western shores of the Great Lakes.
Mild air will surge into the United Kingdom next week, making conditions feel much warmer than a typical start to the month.
Rain will alleviate drought across southern and central Brazil this spring but will largely miss northern parts of the country in the grips of severe drought.
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Tampa, FL (1935)
The "Labor Day" hurricane hit Tampa, killing
400 people. Earlier, this intense storm had a
center barometric pressure of 26.35 inches -
the lowest recorded sea level pressure in the
Western Hemisphere.
Denver, CO (1961)
Earliest snow on record; a total of 4.2 inches.
A great storm raged at high elevations with 2-3
feet of snow closing roads on Labor Day weekend.
Coffeyville, KS (1970)
Hailstone 17.5/44 cm in circumference
1.671 lb/757 gm.