JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Power outages, toppled trees and minor flooding were the effects of Hurricane Hermine on Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia.
Sky 4 conducted an aerial survey Friday of the damage, finding that some areas of Jacksonville were affected more than others by the winds and drenching rains.
From the air, crews could be seen restoring power to thousands of people in Duval, St. Johns and Clay counties after winds uprooted trees and knocked out power lines.
At the beaches, the leftover swells from the storm pounded the shoreline near the Jacksonville Pier, creating dangerous rip-current conditions that will likely persist through the busy Labor Day weekend.
Near Blount Island, large poles appeared to have been tossed by the wind to the edge of the St. Johns River. The ocean carriers appeared to be back in business Friday, after a brief shutdown due to the impending storm.
At the time of the Sky 4 flight, the winds were still gusting, creating whitecaps on the St. Johns River near the Dames Point Bridge, which remained opened through the height of the winds despite fears that gusts would force the Emergency Operations Centers to shut bridges down.
WATCH: Sky 4 flies over Jacksonville after Hermine
There were no reports of damage at EverBank Field.
At Jacksonville University, the only report of damage was a tree toppling over onto a car.
According to News4Jax Chief Meteorologist John Gaughan, Jacksonville was roughly 125 miles from the most powerful rain bands from Hurricane Hermine.
Luckily, it appeared that the River City managed to avoid the worst of the first hurricane to make landfall in Florida in more than 10 years.