Hurricane Hermine Kills 2, Ruins Beach Weekends in Northward March

Hurricane Hermine Kills 2, Ruins Beach Weekends in Northward March
Water from Roanoke Sound pounds the Virginia Dare Trail in Manteo, N.C., on Sept. 3, 2016 as Tropical Storm Hermine passes the Outer Banks. AP Photo/Tom Copeland
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The once-and-future Hurricane Hermine regained strength Saturday as it moved slowly up the Eastern Seaboard and made a mess of the holiday weekend.

Hermine (her-MEEN) already caused two deaths, damaged properties and left hundreds of thousands without electricity from Florida to Virginia. It spawned a tornado in North Carolina and closed beaches as far north as New York.

“This is not a beach weekend for anyone in the Mid-Atlantic to the northeast,” said Eric Blake, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami.

Two trailers sit overturned in the creek behind the Hatteras Sands Campground in Hatteras, N.C., on Sept. 3, 2016, after Tropical Storm Hermine passed the Outer Banks. (AP Photo/Tom Copeland)
Two trailers sit overturned in the creek behind the Hatteras Sands Campground in Hatteras, N.C., on Sept. 3, 2016, after Tropical Storm Hermine passed the Outer Banks. AP Photo/Tom Copeland