Even though Tropical Storm Hermine weakened and its center passed a little to the east, county and city crews were left clearing downed trees from roadways Friday while power companies worked to restore outages affecting about 3,000 Bulloch County homes and businesses. Briefly a hurricane, with 80 mph winds when approaching the Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico, Hermine quickly weakened after making landfall about 1:30 a.m. Friday, the National Hurricane Center reported. But combined with rain, winds half of Hermine’s earlier speeds were enough to inflict minor mayhem here.
Hermine crashes trees, power lines
Weakened storm spares area greater damage


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