New England harbors and fishing villages are being emptied of boats — becoming ghost towns — as the region prepares for Hurricane Lee.
Global surface temperatures last month were 2.25 degrees above the 20th century average of 60.1 degrees, surpassing the record set in August 2016.Similarly, the Portland Fish Exchange auction house did not intend to close during the storm, said general manager Robert Vanmeter. He said fishermen had taken boats out of the water and would lose a day at sea, but Monday’s regularly scheduled auction — the next one on the schedule — would take place as planned.
While landfall was projected for nearby Nova Scotia, Canada, the Category 1 system was big enough to cause concerns over a wide area even if it weakens to a tropical storm. Parts of coastal Maine could see waves up to 15 feet high crashing down, causing erosion and damage, and the powerful gusts will cause power outages in a state where the ground is already saturated from rain, said Louise Fode, a National Weather Service meteorologist. Up to 4 inches of rain was forecast for eastern Maine.
Ahead of Lee’s arrival, a state of emergency was declared for Maine, and President Biden granted a disaster declaration requested by Maine Gov. Janet Mills to ensure access to federal resources. In Canada, Ian Hubbard, a meteorologist for Environment and Climate Change Canada and the Canadian Hurricane Centre, said Lee won’t be anywhere near the severity of the remnants of Hurricane Fiona, which washed houses into the ocean, knocked out power to most of two Canadian provinces and swept a woman into the sea a year ago.Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was convening the incident response group, which meets only to discuss events with major implications for Canada.
In Maine, the last hurricane watch declared was in 2008, for Hurricane Kyle, which skirted eastern Maine. The last hurricane to make landfall in Maine was Hurricane Gerda, which hit Eastport in 1969.
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