Weather officials say Dorian is tearing across the Canadian Maritimes and has left about half a million customers without power.
In an 11 p.m. advisory, the U.S.-based National Hurricane Center says the post-tropical cyclone is about 60 miles south of the Magdalen Islands with maximum sustained winds of 90 mph .
Longtime residents who waited out the storm described strong but manageable winds followed by a wall of water Friday that flooded many homes and forced some to await rescue from their attics.Dorian is sweeping its way across Nova Scotia with 100 mph winds as hundreds of thousands of people are without power in eastern Canada.
Nova Scotia Power Inc. reported more than 300,000 customers were in the dark Saturday night, including 170,000 in the Halifax area.Dorian has made landfall over Nova Scotia with hurricane-force winds about 15 miles south of Halifax. Nova Scotia Power Inc. reported more than 300,000 customers were in the dark Saturday evening, including 170,000 in the Halifax area.She says 1,000 personnel are ready to restore power, but the workers have been told to stand down until it is deemed safe. Hutt says hospitals and senior centers will be tackled first.
In a Saturday 5 p.m. EDT advisory, the U.S.-based National Hurricane Center says Dorian is now a post-tropical cyclone, although it still has hurricane-strength winds. Ten years earlier, a 7-year-old girl died and others were injured when a wave caused by Hurricane Bill swept over sightseers at Thunder Hole.Canadian Hurricane Centre Meteorologist Bob Robichaud said the U.S.-based National Hurricane Center saw some satellite imagery earlier Saturday around lunch hour that nudged it into a Category 2, but since then the wind speeds have weakened.He says Nova Scotia is already seeing power outages and toppled trees with a potential for some coastal flooding.
And U.S. forecasters say it’s strengthening as it approaches, with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph . The Coast Guard says Bahamian emergency officials and security forces are in charge of search and rescue efforts. Forecasters say the center of Dorian is expected to move across central or eastern Nova Scotia late Saturday afternoon or early evening, pass near or over Prince Edward Island late Saturday, and then move to Newfoundland and Labrador on Sunday.More than 1,100 Bahamians have arrived in Palm Beach, Florida, after being evacuated by cruise ship from their hurricane-battered islands.
Officials with Bahamas Paradise Cruise Line, which operates the Grand Celebration, said the arriving Bahamians were welcomed to Florida by relief agencies.Officials in North Carolina say search-and-rescue teams are going door to door to check on people who may be injured or in need of assistance after Hurricane Dorian swamped Ocracoke Island with floodwaters.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its advisory at 11 a.m. EDT that the storm is moving northeast at 29 mph , up from 25 mph earlier Saturday morning. The Steamship Authority says ferries to the two islands will not be running Saturday morning because of the weather conditions, but some service is scheduled to resume in the afternoon and evening.
Acadia National Park took the precaution of closing Sand Beach and Thunder Hole. Ten years earlier, a 7-year-old girl died and others were injured when a wave caused by Hurricane Bill swept over sightseers at Thunder Hole.Weather forecasters expect a weakening Hurricane Dorian to arrive off the southeastern Canada coast with hurricane-force winds, heavy rain, and dangerous storm surge.
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