Post-tropical storm Lee flooded roadways, toppled trees and downed power lines in coastal parts of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on Saturday as it barreled north across the Atlantic ocean to make landfall.
Pam Lovelace, a Halifax municipal councillor for an area that includes the famous Peggy's Cove lighthouse, rattled off a list of damage the storm had already wrought in the first half of the day. Some roads were underwater, some were blocked by fallen trees, and several boats along the harbour in St. Margarets Bay were flooded.
Hurricane Lee had transitioned into a powerful post-tropical storm as it made its way north across the Atlantic ocean toward the two provinces on Saturday. Lee had already soaked parts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia with up to 60 millimetres of rain, and Maepea said some areas would see totals of more than 100 millimetres. Officials had recorded waves of up to 12 metres high in offshore areas, she added.
Town officials feared a storm surge could cause heavy damage if winds had shifted around to the south at noon when tides traditionally reach their peak, but that never came to pass. Paul Sherman is from coastal Maine and said he's used to wild storms and bad weather, though his traveling companions — his sister, his two daughters and their husbands — were not.
Back in Halifax, Mayor Mike Savage said though the rain was letting up somewhat, winds were expected to keep blowing at up to 100 kilometres an hour.
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