Lee made landfall in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on Saturday as a post-tropical cyclone at hurricane strength, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm made landfall with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph A category 1 hurricaneAccording to the company.
The Once a hurricane It moved into the Atlantic Ocean this week, threatening the East Coast with life-threatening surf. Rip currents. On Saturday, Lee lashed parts of New England and southeastern Canada with heavy rain and powerful winds, creating a dangerous storm surge.
Saturday night, the hurricane center said the tropical storm warning for Maine had been canceled. However, tropical storm warnings remained in place for the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island and Magdalen Islands.
In the coastal town of Searsport, Maine, a 51-year-old man died Saturday after a large log fell on his vehicle, the Associated Press reported. The incident took place due to strong winds in the area. Police Chief Brian Lund said power had to be cut to downed power lines before the man could be removed from the vehicle, according to the AP.
Nearly 200,000 customers lost power in Nova Scotia. More than 53,000 customers were without power in Maine as of Saturday night, according to the utility monitor. PowerOutage.us.
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Lee in far western Nova Scotia around 4 p.m. EDT, The The hurricane center said. As of 11 p.m. EDT, Lee had maximum sustained winds of 60 mph and was forecast to weaken in the coming days. The center of the storm was located 80 miles northeast of Eastport, Maine, and 105 miles northwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, the hurricane center said. Lee was moving north at 14 mph.
Tropical-storm-force winds extend up to 290 miles from the storm’s center, according to the Hurricane Center.
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In Massachusetts, Lee hit coastal areas at 63 mph. CBS News Boston reported. Dozens of planes were cancelled in the state, according to FlightAware.
President Biden approved a federal emergency declaration for the state on Saturday, authorizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate any relief efforts. Mr. Biden approved a similar announcement for Maine on Thursday.
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, who had declared multiple states of emergency because of the storm, lifted those orders on Saturday. They say on social media Lee’s effects on the state were “minimal”.
“I am grateful to the residents and public safety officials who have been responding and preparing for the severe weather and flooding throughout the week,” he said.
A tree in the coastal Massachusetts town of Cohasset, south of Boston Collapsed in a police cruiser, but the officer inside was not seriously injured, officials said.
Ahead of the storm, the seagulls moved their boats and traps inland so they wouldn’t be damaged by the rough waters.
“The saying I always say is, if you don’t do anything, it’s only going to get worse,” said Jeffrey Richardson of Sandwich, Massachusetts. told CBS News Boston. “If you spend half a day hauling in traps, bringing in traps, and getting your boat ready, it’s a lot less. That’s what happened … Better to be safe than sorry.”
