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(Bob Mack /The Florida Times-Union via AP)
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A woman walks past pleasure boats that were washed into Riverside Dr., when Hurricane Hermine came ashore early Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Steinhatchee, Fla. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall, as it moves over Georgia, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says winds are increasing along the Southeast coast and flooding rains continue.(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Bobbi Pattison, left, with help from her neighbors Hugh and Harriet Oglesby, stands up a sea captain statue carved out of wood from a 1993 storm at her home Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Steinhatchee, Fla. Hurricane Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall, as it moves over Georgia, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says winds are increasing along the Southeast coast and flooding rains continue. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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A large oak tree toppled over a Whataburger restaurant in Tallahassee, Fla., Sept. 2, 2016. Many businesses and homes in Tallahassee are without power and several roads are blocked due to tree damage caused by Hurricane Hermine. (AP Photo/Brendan Farrington)
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Motorists drive by a boat that was tossed onto the road when winds from Hurricane Hermine came ashore early Friday, Sept. 2, 2016, in Dekle Beach, Fla. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall, as it moves over Georgia, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says winds are increasing along the Southeast coast and flooding rains continue. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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Connor Sidman and his mother Peggy Sidman get hit by a wave, as they take in the sights from the railing of Memorial Park in Jacksonville, Fla., Friday, Sept. 2, 2016. Hermine was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall, as it moves over Georgia, but the U.S. National Hurricane Center says winds are increasing along the Southeast coast and flooding rains continue. (Bob Self/The Florida Times-Union via AP)
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Shawn Stephenson clears water from a real estate office that was flooded by 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)
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Shawn Stephenson, left, and Marshall Dimick clear water from a real estate office that was flooded by 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)
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A Cedar Key, Florida, business owner clears debris outside his office after Hurricane Hermine. The hurricane was downgraded to a tropical storm after it made landfall in Florida and, now off the Northeast coast, is expected to weaken. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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A resident checks on damage from 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)
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Florida Governor Rick Scott declared a state of emergency for 51 of the state's 67 counties. Scott issued a stern warning on September 1, 2016 for the state that hasn't had a hurricane landfall for a decade.
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Flood waters from Hermine inundated a Levy County neighborhood eight miles from Cedar Key. (Briana Erickson/WUFT News)
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Police block the road entering Cedar Key, Fla., as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Ariel Callahan, 5, left, and her grandmother Kelly Smith, navigate rain water at Anona Elementary School in Largo, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tropical Storm Hermine is gaining strength as it rumbles toward Florida's Gulf Coast. (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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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)
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Andre Anton stops from gathering his families belongings as the rain continues pour inside of his home after a large tree crashed through the roof Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. "We have no place to go right now, trying to figure it out," said Dorman. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tropical Storm Hermine is gaining strength as it rumbles toward Florida's Gulf Coast. (Octavio Jones/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
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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. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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“Just doing the best we can with what we’ve got,” John Bost said. (Jessica Korina/WUFT News)
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Boat owner John Bost and his dog Rascal will be keeping an eye on the boats in Steinhatchee, Fla. as Hurricane Hermine hits the Florida coast early Friday, September 2, 2016. (Jessica Rodriguez/WUFT News)
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Chaplain Chris Fletcher and his cousin Destiny Peters, 7, ride out Hurricane Hermine at the Hosford County Search and Rescue doubling as a shelter for local residents Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Hosford, Fla. Hurricane Hermine gained strength Thursday evening as it roared toward Florida's Gulf Coast, churning up pounding surf that battered docks and boathouses as people braced for the first direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Certified nurse assistant Jennifer Smith rides out Hurricane Hermine inside the Hosford County Search and Rescue station doubling as a shelter for local residents as the storm makes land fall on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Hosford, Fla. Hurricane Hermine roared ever closer to Florida's Gulf Coast early Friday, sending battering waves against docks and boathouses as the state braced for its first direct hit from a hurricane in over a decade. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
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Residents check on a flooded street before turning back as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. Tropical Storm 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 direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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"Bring it on Hermine," reads a spray-painted greeting on a Cedar Key building. This photo was taken the night the storm made landfall, and just before Florida Highway Patrol closed the only road to the island. (Ryan Roberts/WUFT News)
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Florida's governor Rick Scott issued a stern warning Thursday for a state that hasn't had a hurricane landfall for a decade.
Levy County is bracing for the storm.
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(Dara Sweatt/WUFT News)
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Cedar Key police chief Virgil Sandlin checks on the downtown area as Hurricane Hermine nears the Florida coast, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in Cedar Key, Fla. Tropical Storm 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 direct hit on the state from a hurricane in over a decade. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
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Robert Hoerning and wife of 44 years, Gloria Hoerning, stay safe from Hurricane Hermine in Chiefland Elementary's cafeteria shelter.
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The front lawn of the Faraway Inn in Cedar Key is flooded with water after a storm surge from tropical storm Hermine. Inn employees rushed to remove anything that could be damaged from the rooms that border the flood zone.
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Tropical storm Hermine causes flooding at the Faraway Inn in Cedar Key. The flooding extends from the water's edge, across G Street to three rooms at the inn.
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The Faraway Inn in Cedar Key floods from Tropical Storm Hermine. The storm surged beyond the bank on G Street and towards 3rd Street where three rooms at the inn are located.