Hurricane Hermine regains strength, threatens East Coast

NASA's satellite showed that the hurricane is already heading towards Eastern U.S.

The NOAA's GOES-east satellite showed that the hurricane contains a combination of large wind-field and tropical-storm force winds.

The satellite has been supplying imagery and location updates of Hermine since its progression into a hurricane on Sept. 3.

Satellite video also showed that the hurricane alters from tropical to post-tropical storm as it makes its way to the eastern coast. It covers the direction the storm takes from Sept. 2 at 8:45 EDT to Sept. 4 at 8:55 a.am. EDT.

Meanwhile, the National Hurricane Center released Advisory #32 as of 0500 AM AST Monday, Sept. 5, saying that the post-tropical cyclone has maximum sustained winds of 60 knots and 70 mph.

It maintains its minimum central pressure of 997 mb. Its current location is at 37.7 N, 68.3W and continues to move towards north at 3 knots and 3 mph.

The tropical storm condition continues to bring havoc in the warning areas along the Atlantic coast where some areas could experience multiple tropical storms in the following days.

Moreover, the areas near the coast will be flooded by waters caused by the hurricane's storm surge. The large and dangerous waves will also threaten the immediate coastline from Chincoteague, Virginia, to Sandy Hook, New Jersey in the subsequent 36 hours.

Weather forecasters warned boaters as well as swimmers to refrain from their activities to avoid risks and life-threatening incidents.

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