The first day of meteorological Fall will likely bring a landfalling tropical cyclone to the United States. Tropical Storm Hermine is in the Gulf of Mexico and poses a threat to parts of Florida, South Georgia, and the Carolinas. At some point today the storm “may” even become a category 1 hurricane. If it does, Senior Digital Meteorologist at Weather.com Jon Erdman tweeted,

3 #hurricane streaks may end tonight: Last U.S. landfall (Arthur July ’14). Last #Florida landfall (Wilma ’05). Last in Gulf (Ingrid ’13)

But even if it doesn’t, the public should not lose site of the threat potential associated with it as a strong tropical storm or weak hurricane. The word “hurricane” likely generates an additional “buzz”, but in this case the impacts are clear irrespective of what we call the storm. And as usual the “unsung” threat is water.

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