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Victoria Bekiempis

Tropical cyclone Lee makes landfall in Nova Scotia as thousands lose power

Two people, one in a blue raincoat and the other carrying an umbrella, both covering their heads, cross a very rainy sidewalk.
People walk in the rain and wind from tropical cyclone Lee on 16 September 2023 in Bar Harbor, Maine. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Post-tropical cyclone Lee made landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada, on Saturday afternoon hours after it battered New England and eastern Canada with powerful winds and rains.

The storm cut off electricity to tens of thousands and inundated coastal roads in Nova Scotia, and left at least one person dead, according to the Associated Press. The 51-year-old man died after a tree limb fell onto his vehicle as he was driving in Searsport, Maine. The tree felled live power lines and workers had to turn off electricity before the man could be taken from his vehicle. He died at a hospital.

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