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About 54,000 utility clients in Maine are presently with out energy, in response to Poweroutage.us, after post-tropical cyclone Lee made landfall in Nova Scotia in jap Canada.
Lee made landfall on Lengthy Island in Digby County, Nova Scotia at round 4 p.m. Saturday with most sustained winds of 70 mph, just below hurricane-strength, in response to the Nationwide Hurricane Heart.
The storm was transferring throughout jap Canada on Saturday evening, and flooding was happening alongside the nation’s Atlantic coast, U.S. forecasters stated late Saturday.
A vessel used for whale watching broke freed from its mooring and crashed ashore close to the Faculty of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine, NBC affiliate WCSH of Portland, Maine reported.
No accidents have been reported, however the Maine Division and Environmental Safety and the U.S. Coast Guard have been planning to dump 1,800 gallons of diesel gas to forestall it from getting into native waters, the station stated.
Previously a hurricane, Lee turned a post-tropical cyclone Saturday as a result of it now not possesses the traits to be thought of tropical.
Lee was producing winds of 65 mph on Saturday evening and was anticipated to proceed to weaken, in response to the Nationwide Hurricane Heart.
Lee was bringing heavy rain, sturdy winds and coastal flooding to components of New England and Canada, resulting in downed timber and energy outages.
The storm, which was about 105 miles west-northwest of Halifax, Nova Scotia, late Saturday was anticipated to carry an extra 1 to 2 inches over components of western Maine and New Brunswick, the Hurricane Heart stated.
A “harmful storm surge” was additionally anticipated to carry coastal flooding to Atlantic Canada and shall be accompanied by “massive and damaging waves” close to the coast.
A excessive surf advisory was in impact for a lot of Maine’s coast via Sunday morning, with waves close to Portland forecast to achieve 5 to 7 toes.
