The tropical storm hammered Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas Friday with heavy rain and winds. The storm was expected to reemerge in the Atlantic and strengthen.
A woman walks past boats that were washed ashore in in Steinhatchee, Florida, Friday.
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The first hurricane to make landfall in Florida in more than a decade weakened to a tropical storm Friday as it blasted through the South, but threatened to restrengthen and lash populated areas along the eastern seaboard through the Labor Day weekend.
Hurricane Hermine made landfall early Friday in Florida, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of people and killing one man who was struck by a tree. It was the first such storm to hit the state since 2005.
Hermine weakened as it moved over land and by Friday afternoon was located about 30 miles northwest of Charleston, South Carolina. The storm was packing maximum sustained winds up to 50 mph and was dumping heavy rain on the area.
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In Florida, the storm dropped up to 22 inches of rain in the Tampa area as heavy rain bands battered the state for days.
An estimated 325,000 people were without power in the state, and more than 107,000 others in neighboring Georgia, the Associated Press reported. The storm also knocked out power to 44,000 customers in South Carolina and tens of thousands of others in Georgia.
The National Weather Service issued flood warnings throughout the region. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe also declared a state of emergency, urging people in his state to "limit travel as the severe weather arrives and evacuate if recommended by officials."
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan and North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory both declared a statea of emergency for parts of their states.
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