Hurricane Lee updates: Storm makes landfall in Nova Scotia as post-tropical cyclone

Tropical storm warnings are in effect in parts of Maine.

Last Updated: September 16, 2023, 6:55 PM EDT

Lee made landfall as a post-tropical cyclone in Nova Scotia Saturday afternoon, after downgrading from a Category 1 hurricane.

A tropical storm warning remains in effect for portions of Maine.

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Here's how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Sep 16, 2023, 6:55 PM EDT

Maine motorist dies after tree limb falls on vehicle

At least one fatality has been attributed to Lee.

A 51-year-old man died Saturday after a tree limb fell on his vehicle in Searsport, Maine, during high winds caused by Lee, The Associated Press reported.

Sep 16, 2023, 4:31 PM EDT

Lee makes landfall in Nova Scotia

Lee made landfall in far western Nova Scotia around 4 p.m. as a post-tropical cyclone, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Sep 16, 2023, 4:13 PM EDT

Strong wind and rain impacts persist in eastern Maine

Lee continues to weaken Saturday afternoon and remains a post-tropical cyclone with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph, which is now tropical storm strength.

The center of Lee is near western Nova Scotia and will likely come ashore in Atlantic Canada in the next couple hours, akin to a routine nor'easter.

PHOTO: Hurricane Lee radar and wind gusts.
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Weather conditions are improving across much of New England. Notable impacts moving forward are now focused over eastern Maine, where strong wind gusts and areas of rain will linger through this evening before it all wraps up by midnight.

A tropical storm warning remains in effect for portions of Maine, as well as across Nova Scotia and portions of New Brunswick, Canada.

PHOTO: Hurricane Lee timing graphic
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Eastern Maine and western Nova Scotia are getting hit with the brunt of the rain and wind impacts from Lee. A wind gust of 52 mph was recently reported in Bangor, Maine.

Breezy conditions will persist along the New England coast this evening and tonight. Notable impacts should be done by midnight as what's left of Lee races north.

PHOTO: A downed tree lays across in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, on Sept.16, 2023.
A downed tree lays across in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, on Sept.16, 2023. Hurricane conditions could hit the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, where the storm, Lee, downgraded early Saturday from hurricane to post-tropical cyclone, was expected to make landfall later in the day.
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Ocean impacts will be slower to improve this weekend. Rough surf and dangerous rip currents will impact a large swath of the East Coast through this evening, then begin to diminish on Sunday.

-ABC News' Daniel Peck

Sep 16, 2023, 3:57 PM EDT

102K without power in New England

More than 102,000 customers are without power in New England, including more than 93,000 in Maine, amid weather impacts from Lee, according to PowerOutage.us.

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