The National Hurricane Center in coordination for local National Weather Services offices issued a Hurricane Watch from Stonington, Maine to the U.S.- Canada border and a Tropical Storm Watch is in effect for from Watch Hill, Rhode Island to Stonington, Maine.
More than 7.3 million residents from Rhode Island through Maine are under a Tropical Storm Watch and Downeast Maine is under the Hurricane Watch.
The Hurricane Watch is the first type of its alert to be issued for the parts of the state's coastline in nearly 15 years.A watch is issued 48 hours before the anticipated first occurrence of tropical-storm-force winds or hurricane-force winds. A Storm Surge Watch means there is a possibility of life-threatening flooding during the next 48 hours.Hurricane Lee is expected to bring strong, possibly damaging wind gusts to the coastal regions of New England along with massive surf and heavy rain.
Lee will begin to pick up forward speed after it makes its turn to the north, and as it does so, the storm’s wind field is expected to grow in size. The FOX Forecast Center expects Lee’s wind field to extend more than 550 miles across, which would make impacts far-reaching in New England.Winds could be whipping across eastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod as Lee makes its move north off the coast. The strongest wind gusts will likely be felt on Cape Cod in communities such as
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