Satellites are watching Hurricane Lee swirl above the Atlantic Ocean because it makes its manner towards the Canadian coast for a Saturday (Sept. 16) landfall.
The storm, at the moment a Class 1 hurricane packing winds of 80 mph (130 km/h), will doubtless trigger energy outages, storm surge flooding and flash floods alongside the coast of Maine, New England, Brunswick and Nova Scotia within the subsequent 24 to 48 hours, in accordance with NOAA and AccuWeather. Happily, by the point Lee hits the coast, it’ll have weakened right into a post-tropical storm.
Hurricanes and their remnants do not usually make it as far north as Canada, however scientists suppose that the continued development of local weather change will make these damaging climate phenomena extra frequent alongside the northeastern coast of the American continent.
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Final yr, Fiona, which peaked as a robust Class 4 Hurricane, reached the Atlantic coast of Canada as a post-tropical storm, inflicting wide-spread destruction. The truth is, the dimensions of the harm made Fiona the most costly storm in Canada’s historical past, in accordance with CBC.
Lee is anticipated to be considerably milder, in accordance with the WeatherNetwork. On the time of landfall, the storm will pack sustained winds of at 30 mph (50 km/h) with gusts as much as 50 mph (80 km/h). Fiona, however, struck with sustained winds of 60 mph (100 km/h) and gusts as much as 87 mph (140 km/h).
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Along with Lee, tropical storm Margot and tropical melancholy 15 at the moment hover above the Atlantic Ocean, however neither of these is anticipated to pose any threat to inhabited areas.
The Atlantic season formally peaked earlier this week. However in August, the U.S. Nationwide Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) elevated its prediction of the depth of this yr’s season from near-normal to above-normal ranges.
NOAA up to date the forecast because of the unexpectedly heat floor water temperatures which were reported throughout the Atlantic Ocean all through this yr’s spring and summer time season.
