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Liputan6.com, Jakarta – Hurricane Lee arrived in the western province of Nova Scotia, Canada on Saturday (16/9) and caused flooding, falling trees and a power outage in the region.

Quoted from the page Asia News ChannelOn Sunday (9/17/2023), tens of thousands of people along the North Atlantic and coastal areas also felt the impact.

At least one storm-related death was recorded on Saturday (9/16). A motorist in the US state of Maine died after a tree fell on his vehicle, local media reported.

The US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest warning that Hurricane Lee was moving north after making landfall on Saturday on Long Island, a small island southwest of Halifax.

Typhoon Lee produced winds reaching maximum speeds of 100 km/h with higher gusts, according to the weather report.

Hurricane Lee, now located about 60 km east-southeast of Eastport, Maine, and about 215 km west of Halifax, is expected to continue to weaken over the course of of the next few days.

The disaster brought high winds, coastal flooding and heavy rain to parts of coastal Maine and Atlantic Canada.

In the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, around 120,000 people experienced power outages on Saturday as winds toppled trees and brought down power lines.

In neighboring New Brunswick, nearly 20,000 people experienced power outages.

“Crews have managed to restore power to some customers. However, conditions are deteriorating. In many cases, especially when wind speeds exceed 80 km/h, it is not safe for our crews,” he said. said Matt Drover of Nova Scotia, Canada Power. business.