Sep 1, 2016

Storm surge associated with Tropical Storm Hermine impacted Florida’s Gulf Coast on Thursday. Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of the area as Hermine is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane.

: Residents of the Sandpiper Resort survey the rising water coming from the Gulf of Mexico into their neighborhood as winds and storm surge associated with Tropical Storm Hermine impact the area on September 1, 2016 at in Holmes Beach, Florida. Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hermine is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane. (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

: People take shelter under a canopy of a cafe flooded from the storm surge from Hurricane Hermaine on September 1, 2016 in Saint Marks, Florida. Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hermine is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: Direction signs are flooded from the storm surge from Hurricane Hermaine on September 1, 2016 in Saint Marks, Florida. Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hermine is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: Traffic drives along US 98 as Hurricane Hermine approaches on September 1, 2016 in Eastpoint, Florida. Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hermine is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: Brian Mugrage watches the weather on TV inside the Riverside Cafe flooded by the storm surge from Hurricane Hermine on September 1, 2016 in Saint Marks, Florida. Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hermine is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: A person wades through the storm surge from Hurricane Hermine past Bo Lynns Grocery on September 1, 2016 in Saint Marks, Florida. Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hermine is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: Oysterman Leon Irvin watches the storm surge and winds pick up while checking on his boats as Hurricane Hermine approaches on September 1, 2016 in Eastpoint, Florida. Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hermine is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane. (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: A young man and his dog wades in the storm surge from Hurricane Hermaine outside Cooter Stew Cafe on September 1, 2016 in Saint Marks, Florida. Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hermine is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane (Photo by Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images)

: Residents of the Sandpiper Resort survey the rising water coming from the Gulf of Mexico into their neighborhood as winds and storm surge associated with Tropical Storm Hermine impact the area on September 1, 2016 at in Holmes Beach, Florida. Hurricane warnings have been issued for parts of Florida’s Gulf Coast as Hermine is expected to make landfall as a Category 1 hurricane (Photo by Brian Blanco/Getty Images)

: A news reporter doing a stand up near a sea wall in Cedar Key, Fla., is covered by an unexpected wave as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Hurricane Hermine gained new strength Thursday evening and roared ever closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast, where rough surf began smashing against docks and boathouses and people braced for the first direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

: Hannah Coles, 9, takes a break from riding her bike to feel a strong rain band rain shortly Thursday afternoon, Sept. 1, 2016 in Gulfport, Fla. Coles was taking advantage of the day off from school to play in the rain and flooding. Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened into a hurricane Thursday and steamed toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, (John Pendygraft/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

: A hand painted sign on a boarded up bar is seen as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. Hurricane Hermine gained new strength Thursday evening and roared ever closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast, where rough surf began smashing against docks and boathouses and people braced for the first direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

: Seaweed covers a flooded street in Cedar Key, Fla. as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Hurricane Hermine gained new strength Thursday evening and roared ever closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast, where rough surf began smashing against docks and boathouses and people braced for the first direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

: A team of University of Florida hurricane researchers work to take down wind-monitoring equipment as Hurricane Hermine approaches on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Steinhatchee, Fla. The team moved the equipment farther inland to keep it safe from the surge. Hurricane Hermine gained new strength Thursday evening and roared ever closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast, where rough surf began smashing against docks and boathouses and people braced for the first direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (Matt Stamey/The Gainesville Sun via AP)

: A surfer gets into the tube while surfing the swell from Tropical Storm Hermine at St. Andrews State Park in Panama City Beach, Fla., on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Residents and businesses along Floridas Gulf coast put up shutters, nailed plywood across storefronts and braced Thursday for Tropical Storm Hermine, a system the governor called potentially life-threatening likely to become the first hurricane to strike the state in over a decade. (Andrew Wardlow/The News Herald via AP)

: Daniel Fink, left, and Pete Stefani fill sandbags at the Cedar Cove Hotel as they prepare for Tropical Storm Hermine Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

: Ground water begins to flood some low areas as Tropical Storm Hermine heads inland Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Dekle Beach, Fla. A hurricane warning was in effect for Florida’s Big Bend from the Suwannee River to Mexico Beach. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

: In this image made from a video, rough surf smashes against a dock as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Carabelle, Fla. Hurricane Hermine gained new strength Thursday evening as it roared closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast and people braced for the first direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (AP Photo/Joshua Replogle)

: In this image made from a video, rough surf smashes the shore as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Carabelle, Fla. Hurricane Hermine gained new strength Thursday evening as it roared closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast and people braced for the first direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (AP Photo/Joshua Replogle)

: Police block the road entering Cedar Key, Fla., as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. Hurricane Hermine gained new strength Thursday evening and roared ever closer to Florida’s Gulf Coast, where rough surf began smashing against docks and boathouses and people braced for the first direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

: John Johnson, 8, left, and Joey Brooks, 12, play in their flooded neighborhood of Shore Acres in between passing thunderstorms during Tropical Storm Hermine in St. Petersburg, Fla., Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. (Eve Edelheit/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)

: Ethan Deming, 15, left, and Jake Kennedy, 16, race their scooters into a flooded South Lagoon Street in Tampa, Fla., on Sept. 1, 2016. Rain and a high tide combined to raise the water level several inches over the surface of the asphalt. Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened into a hurricane Thursday and steamed toward Florida’s Gulf Coast. (Andres Leiva/Tampa Bay Times via AP)

: Alex Maksimchuk fishes with his son 3-year-old Aurelius at the County Pier before it was closed in the afternoon in advance of Tropical Storm Hermine, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Panama City Beach, Fla. Hermine strengthened into a hurricane Thursday and steamed toward Florida’s Gulf Coast, where people put up shutters, nailed plywood across store windows and braced for the first hurricane to hit the state in over a decade. (Patti Blake/News Herald via AP)

: Pedro Muacaj rests on higher ground in front of a gift shop along a flooded section of Dodecanese Blvd. in Tarpon Springs, Fla. where he was working. Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. The street, which typically floods during heavy reins, was filling quickly at high tide as Tropical Storm Hermine strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico, (Douglas R. Clifford/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Hurricane Hermine bears down on Florida’s Gulf Coast

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