Heavy rains have started; Nova Scotia Power reporting over 89,000 without power as of around 8:00 a.m., while NB Power reported outages affecting more than 7,000 customers
Now a powerful post-tropical cyclone, former hurricane Lee remains a very large and dangerous storm as it continues to move toward the Maritimes.
The latest update from Environment Canada puts Lee about 365 kilometres south-southwest of Halifax, with maximum sustained winds of 130 kilometres per hour, and moving north at a speed of 41 kilometres per hour.The weather agency says bands of heavy rain moved into Nova Scotia Friday evening and are currently are affecting all but northwestern New Brunswick early this morning.
Environment Canada has warned winds gusts could reach 120 kilometres an hour, toppling trees and downing power lines. Nova Scotia Power is reporting over 89,000 customers are without power as of around 8:00 a.m., while NB Power reported outages affecting more than 7,000 customers. A hurricane watch is in place for Grand Manan Island and coastal Charlotte County, N.B., and for most of Nova Scotia’s Atlantic coast, stretching from Digby County through to Halifax County, while a tropical storm warning remains in effect for most of Nova Scotia and for New Brunswick’s Bay of Fundy coast and parts of the province along the Northumberland Strait.
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