This September 4, 2016 NASA satellite image shows Tropical Storm Hermine (09L) off the Mid-Atlantic. Post-tropical storm Hermine is again nearing hurricane strength, the US National Weather Service said Sunday, posing a "danger of life-threatening inundation" from New Jersey to Connecticut. As of midday Sunday, Hermine was about 325 miles (520 kilometers) east-southeast of Ocean City, Maryland, in the mid-Atlantic region -- far at sea, but close enough to be pummeling coastal areas with heavy rains, riptides and storm surges of up to five feet (1.5 meters). The storm, now heading north by northeast, is expected to take a northern or northwestern turn. Residents in states as far north as Connecticut are expected to feel its damaging impact. / AFP PHOTO / NASA / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO /NASA" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS HO/AFP/Getty Images