Second US death reported as Lee lashes New England with high winds, dangerous waves
According to the National Hurricane Center, Lee came ashore on Long Island off the western coast of Nova Scotia on Saturday afternoon with winds of 70 mph.
Lee makes landfall in Canada as it pummels New England
FOX Weather's Ian Oliver and Robert Ray report on the landfall of Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee in Canada as power outages mount in Maine.
BAR HARBOR, Maine – A second death related to Lee in the U.S. was reported Saturday as the sprawling storm pounded New England with damaging winds that left more 300,000 customers across both the U.S. and Canada without power during the peak of the cyclone.
The first death happened in Florida earlier this week when then-Hurricane Lee churned up dangerous rip currents that officials said led to the drowning of a 15-year-old swimmer. On Saturday, police said winds from Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee knocked down a tree onto a car in Searsport, Maine, and killed a 50-year-old man inside.
According to the National Hurricane Center, the storm came ashore on Long Island off Nova Scotia, Canada, with winds of about 70 mph. While the name of Lee changed from "hurricane" to "post-tropical cyclone," the difference for those in New England is in title only.
The storm is now getting its power from more traditional atmospheric clashes between warm and cold air, and no longer drawing energy from warm waters below like hurricanes and tropical storms, the FOX Forecast Center said.
![An uprooted tree tangled in a power line during post-tropical cyclone Lee in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.]()
Image 1 of 18An uprooted tree tangled in a power line during post-tropical cyclone Lee in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (Galit Rodan/Bloomberg )
![A tree crushed a police cruiser in Cohasset, Massachusetts, on Sept. 16, 2023, as Hurricane Lee brought high winds to the New England coast.]()
Image 2 of 18A tree crushed a police cruiser in Cohasset, Massachusetts, on Sept. 16, 2023, as Hurricane Lee brought high winds to the New England coast. (Cohasset Police/X)
![A tree is seen knocked down in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Sept. 16, 2023.]()
Image 3 of 18A tree is seen knocked down in Bar Harbor, Maine, on Sept. 16, 2023. (Samantha Thomas)
![A boat flipped over in Chatham, Massasschuttes, on Saturday, as Lee made it's way north into Canada.]()
Image 4 of 18A boat flipped over in Chatham, Massasschuttes, on Saturday as Lee made it's way north into Canada. (Chris Magauran)
![A resident walks her dog on a beach during post-tropical cyclone Lee in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.]()
Image 5 of 18A resident walks her dog on a beach during post-tropical cyclone Lee in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. (Galit Rodan/Bloomberg)
![Check out the wave action in Yarmouth Sound as Lee churns to the southern tip of Nova Scotia. Landfall is expected somewhere in this area Saturday afternoon.]()
Image 6 of 18Check out the wave action in Yarmouth Sound as Lee churns to the southern tip of Nova Scotia. Landfall is expected somewhere in this area Saturday afternoon. (Robert Ray)
![Check out the wave action in Yarmouth Sound as Lee churns to the southern tip of Nova Scotia. Landfall is expected somewhere in this area Saturday afternoon.]()
Image 7 of 18Check out the wave action in Yarmouth Sound as Lee churns to the southern tip of Nova Scotia. Landfall is expected somewhere in this area Saturday afternoon. (Robert Ray)
![Central Maine Power said Saturday morning that they were already seeing damage from Lee with impacts picking up throughout the day.]()
Image 8 of 18Central Maine Power said Saturday morning that they were already seeing damage from Lee with impacts picking up throughout the day. (Central Maine Power via X)
![Central Maine Power said Saturday morning that they were already seeing damage from Lee with impacts picking up throughout the day.]()
Image 9 of 18Central Maine Power said Saturday morning that they were already seeing damage from Lee with impacts picking up throughout the day. (Central Maine Power via X)
![A pine tree lays on power lines after it was knocked over due to Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee on September 16, 2023 in Eastport, Maine.]()
Image 10 of 18A pine tree lays on power lines after it was knocked over due to Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee on September 16, 2023 in Eastport, Maine. (Joe Raedle)
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Image 11 of 18Daryl Wuester looks out from the Breakwater Bagels and More restaurant as the power is out due to Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee on September 16, 2023 in Eastport, Maine. (Joe Raedle)
![A pine tree lays on power lines after it was knocked over due to Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee on September 16, 2023 in Eastport, Maine.]()
Image 12 of 18A pine tree lays on power lines after it was knocked over due to Post-Tropical Cyclone Lee on September 16, 2023 in Eastport, Maine. (Joe Raedle)
![Lisa Stephen walks her dogs in the wind and rain from what was formerly Hurricane Lee and is now a post-tropical cyclone on September 16, 2023 in Eastport, Maine.]()
Image 13 of 18Lisa Stephen walks her dogs in the wind and rain from what was formerly Hurricane Lee and is now a post-tropical cyclone on September 16, 2023 in Eastport, Maine. (Joe Raedle)
![People walk as the wind and rain from what was formerly Hurricane Lee and is now a post-tropical cyclone affect the area on September 16, 2023 in Eastport, Maine.]()
Image 14 of 18People walk as the wind and rain from what was formerly Hurricane Lee and is now a post-tropical cyclone affect the area on September 16, 2023 in Eastport, Maine. (Joe Raedle)
![The National Weather Service in Caribou, Maine, said mammatus clouds outside their office Saturday morning was an ominous sign of things to come today.]()
Image 15 of 18The National Weather Service in Caribou, Maine, said mammatus clouds outside their office Saturday morning was an ominous sign of things to come today. ( NWS Caribou / X)
![Big waves in Wells, Maine from Post Tropical Cyclone Lee]()
Image 16 of 18(Wells Police)
![High tide came at 12:31 a.m. Saturday and Wells, Massachusetts police said, and the waves were high.]()
Image 17 of 18High tide came at 12:31 a.m. Saturday and Wells, Massachusetts police said, and the waves were high. (Wells Police / Facebook)
![Robert Ray at Yarmouth in Nova Scotia.]()
Image 18 of 18Robert Ray at Yarmouth in Nova Scotia. (Robert Ray)
The vast majority of power outages in the U.S. were in Maine, but restoration crews have made steady progress, with outages dipping to around 50,000 around midnight.
PowerOutage.com reported the provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were the hardest in Canada with outages topping 200,000 on Saturday.
Cell phone service was also reported to be spotty in the region, which was likely a result of widespread power outages.
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On Saturday morning, FOX Weather meteorologist Michael Estime was covering the storm from Bar Harbor, Maine, when he witnessed a boat being forcefully propelled by strong waves towards a concrete pier before it slammed into a seawall.
"We watched as one of these boats … became unhinged and the boat was rocking and rolling … and within 30 seconds that wind took that boat and smacked it up against the seawall right behind Pier No. 2, and then we lost it as it sailed out of our field of vision," he said.
BOAT BREAKS FREE OF MOORINGS AS LEE BATTERS NEW ENGLAND WITH DAMAGING WIND, WAVES
Boat hits pier, seawall in Maine as waves from Lee crash onto shore
FOX Weather meteorologist Michael Estime captures the moment powerful waves from Lee push a boat against a concrete pier and seawall in Bar Harbor, Maine. Sept. 16, 2023.
In Manasquan, New Jersey, a boat capsized Friday night due to Lee's high waves and rough surf, causing a man to go missing. The area experienced 8- to 10-foot waves during the incident, leading to the 31-foot boat's overturning. A father and his two sons were onboard, and the father and one son were rescued. Coast Guard and local agencies searched until sunset Friday for the son still missing. The search was suspended pending further developments.
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Lee landfall in Canada
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Lee's hurricane-force winds felt from New Hampshire to Canada
The cyclone produced hurricane-force wind gusts in both the U.S. and Canada before its landfall in Nova Scotia. In Perry, Maine, near the Canada–U.S. border, a wind gust reached 83 mph early Saturday morning. A gust on Canada's Grand Manan Island reached 93 mph while Halifax, Nova Scotia has hit 73 mph. An observation site in New Brunswick reported a wind gust of 93 mph.
At the higher elevations, Lee helped produce a wind gust of 96 mph at Mount Washington in New Hampshire.
Conditions in Maine and parts of southeast Canada are set to rapidly improve Sunday as the remnants of Lee begins to accelerate and race off to the northeast through the Canadian Maritimes.
100+ MPH WIND GUSTS EXPECTED ON NEW ENGLAND MOUNTAIN SUMMIT AS HURRICANE LEE ROARS PAST REGION
Lee top wind reports