 As the storm approached Norway on September 14 it merged with another strong extratropical system.While Maria remained far from the U.S. East Coast, rip currents caused by the combined effects of the distant Maria and the closer Hurricane Nate (which was near Bermuda at the time) killed one person and seriously injured another in New Jersey.Maria never approached any land areas while a tropical system, but tracked toward northern Europe after becoming an extratropical storm on September 10.