{"id":591479,"date":"2023-09-17T00:16:03","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T21:16:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/tropical-cyclone-lee-brings-high-winds-power-outages-after-making-landfall-in-canada\/"},"modified":"2023-09-17T00:16:03","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T21:16:03","slug":"tropical-cyclone-lee-brings-high-winds-power-outages-after-making-landfall-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/tropical-cyclone-lee-brings-high-winds-power-outages-after-making-landfall-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"#Tropical Cyclone Lee brings high winds, power outages after making landfall in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/09\/Collage-Maker-06-Sep-2023-03-11-PM-9396.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Tropical cyclone Lee made landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada, and Maine on Saturday afternoon, bringing high winds with gusts up to 70 mph and leaving more than 95,000 without power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The storm made landfall in Canada with near-hurricane strength and was expected to weaken as it moved toward New Brunswick, forecasters said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The Associated Press (AP) reported that Lee flooded coastal roads in Nova Scotia, took ferries out of service and knocked down power lines and trees. In Maine, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/poweroutage.us\/area\/state\/maine\">it\u2019s reported<\/a> that nearly 96,000 customers are without power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are exhausted \u2026 it\u2019s so much in such a small time period,\u201d said Pam Lovelace, a council member in Halifax.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The National Hurricane Center (NHC) said this morning coastal flooding and heavy rains were \u201calready occurring in portions of New England and Atlantic Canada.\u201d Tropical storm watches and warnings were issued for many communities in the Northeast, stretching 230 miles along the coast.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The storm, first forecasted to be a hurricane, was downgraded to a tropical cyclone early Saturday morning.\u00a0Areas across the northeast have experienced extreme weather all week. <\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s storm center was 135 miles south of Nova Scotia and about 50 miles south of Maine, NHC said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nhc.noaa.gov\/graphics_at3.shtml?start\">recent advisory<\/a>. Wind speeds reached 70 mph. Winds are considered hurricane-strength when they reach 74 mph. Winds stretched as far as 140 miles from the storm\u2019s center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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