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Florida’s first hurricane strike since ’05 loses force inland

Hermine is weakening as it moves farther inland across Floridas Panhandle and southeastern Georgia, after largely sparing energy assets in the Gulf of Mexico.

By Brian K. Sullivan, Alex Longley | Updated on September 02, 2016
A street is blocked from debris washed up from the tidal surge of Hurricane Hermine Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

(Bloomberg) – Hermine, the first hurricane to strike Florida since 2005, has weakened to a tropical storm as it moves inland, after threatening soy and cotton crops and leaving large swaths of the region at risk of blackouts.

Hermine’s top winds were at 70 miles (110 kilometers) an hour on Friday, after weakening from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory at 5 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time.

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